Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr China Souvenir Cup Date of cup: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: Look at this cup that our friend Bill Montgomery found! Looks like a State Parks piece, right? Except it's on a white clay body with red lines (rather than rust) and is backstamped:

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: American Red Cross Date of plate: circa 1940s   Notes: Thanks to Jean and Rolland Campbell for sharing this old, used and abused, mystery plate with us. As you can see, it is plain white with the backstamp: Gift of American People Thru the American Red

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Carr China RimRol Sign Date of sign: Unknown   Notes: Anyone who is familar with Shenango China and its RimRol shape will be fascinated by this sign, shared with us by David McGrann, who photographed it from the collection of Roger Hardy. More info to

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Carr China Service Appreciation Pattern: Rho Dendra Date of plate: 1941   Notes: As the backstamp says, this plate was made to honor employees with 25 years of service to the company. The gray design with black lines, in addition to what looks like a stock

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 6064 Date of examples: Unknown   Notes: In a May 2018 issue of The New York Times titled Family Dishes, Karen Stabiner writes about the set of dishes that her father Ira ordered from Carr to celebrate her birth. This is Karen's description

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Frog Ashtrays Date of one example: 1946   Notes: Many people have stories to tell about the Carr frog ashtrays that appear very rarely. Were they the work of employees on their own? Were they available for sale, or were they made as advertising pieces? Some

Manufacturer: Shenango China Name of user: Louis Prima's Fairway to the Stars Date of plate: 1968   Notes: From the Wikipedia: Louis Prima "was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader." From the VintageLasVegas website: "Prima's estate at 279 E Warm Springs was home to a recording studio, headquarters for

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user: Cafe Madrid Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of cup and saucer: circa 1905 – 1912   Notes: On May 1, 1905, James Churchill started the Cafe Madrid on Broadway at 46th Street in New York City, and based on old newspaper stories of

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 11 Date of creamer: 1952   Notes: This pattern has been identified in an undated Warwick China catalog as border pattern #6182. It was produced in March 1952, after Warwick went out of business and Carr acquired its pattern cylinders – and