Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Fort Dearborn Hotel Distributor: Restaurant China Company – Chicago Date of platter: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Fort Dearborn Hotel is a skyscraper and former hotel located at 401 S. Lasalle St. in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The 17-story

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Cameron Trading Post Date of sugar bowl: 1954 Date of platter: 1967   Notes: The Cameron Trading Post in Cameron, Arizona, was established in 1916 by brothers Hubert and C.D. Richardson. According to the trading post's website: "A swayback suspension bridge was erected over the Little Colorado

Manufacturer: Wellsville China Company User: Carl's Duck Farm Date of plate: 1952   Notes: Carl's Duck Farm restaurant was opened in 1936 by Carl DiMauro and was located at 99 Broadway, on the Newburyport Turnpike in Saugus, Massachusetts. An article in The Daily Item of Lynn, Massachusetts, dated Oct. 25, 1945,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Grafton West Virginia Advertising Plate Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Grafton is a city in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 4,729 at the 2020 census. Located along the Tygart Valley River, it

Manufacturer: Langenthal in Switzerland User: Hotel Du Rhone – Geneva, Switzerland Distributor: M. Stieger & Cie – Berne – Lausanne Date of bowl: 1970   Notes: According to an article in the Houston Post dated Feb. 19, 1950, the Hotel Du Rhone in Geneva, Switzerland, was built in 1950 by

Manufacturer: Scammell China, Trenton China User: LeKas, Peoria, Illinois Date of examples: circa 1925-1940   Notes: LeKas was founded in 1907 in Peoria, Illinois, at 510 Main Street. In 1917, LeKas moved to 422 Main Street. At that time, it was operated as "Illinois Sugar Bowl." The dining room section

Manufacturer: Scammell China, Lamberton China User: LeKas, Peoria, Illinois Date of examples: circa 1925-1940   Notes: LeKas was founded in 1907 in Peoria, Illinois, at 510 Main Street. In 1917, LeKas moved to 422 Main Street. At that time, it was operated as "Illinois Sugar Bowl." The dining room section

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Lamb's Cafe, Chicago, Illinois Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of examples: Circa 1910 – 1920   Notes: Lamb's Cafe opened on December 29, 1910, in the basement of Chicago's Ashland Block Building, located at Randolph and Clark streets. William J. "Smiley" Corbett and his business partner, John Wilmes,

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user:  Koerner's Restaurant, St. Louis, Missouri Distributor: St. Louis Glass & Queensware Co. Date of examples: Circa 1900-1913   Notes:  In 1875, Ernst Albert Koerner arrived in the United States from his native Germany as a young man who had already served his apprenticeship in the restaurant