Manufacturers: Syracuse China and Scammell China User: Forest Hills Hotel – Franconia, New Hampshire Date of examples: circa 1920s-1930s   Notes: When Harry W. Priest and James W. Dudley opened their Forest Hills Hotel in 1882, it contained 60 rooms. Over the years there were a number of additions which

Manufacturer: McNicol China and Jackson China User: Tom Bergin's Old Horseshoe – Los Angeles, California Date of McNicol sample plate: circa 1950s Date range of McNicol platter and creamer: 1949 – 1960s Date of Jackson cup: 1971   Notes: From Wikipedia, "Tom Bergin's Tavern is one of the oldest restaurant/bars in

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Folger's Hotel – Reading, Pennsylvania Date of examples: circa 1900-1911   Notes: Folger's Hotel was located on North 5th Street, in Reading, Pennsylvania. It was operating in 1901, when Walter Folger was the owner. Around 1910, it was rebuilt with 75 bedrooms.  A postcard view of

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Carl G. Fisher Properties – Miami, Florida; Montauk Point, New York Date of examples: circa 1926-1930s   Notes: Carl Graham Fisher (1874 – 1939) is described in Wikipedia as an American entrepreneur who was regarded as a promotional genius.  In 1904, he began manufacturing Acetylene-powered headlights for

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Finlen – Butte, Montana Date of examples: circa 1928-1954   Notes: The 10-story, 160-room Hotel Finlen at Broadway and Wyoming Streets in Butte, Montana, opened February 2, 1924. It was the second Finlen Hotel, built on the site of the original that was torn down

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Fifth Avenue Hotel – New York City Distributor: Barth Equipment Company Date of examples: circa 1926-1954   Notes: The 18-story, 640-room Fifth Avenue Hotel opened in 1926. It contained several restaurants, including one on the sidewalk, and a ballroom. In 1987, the Fifth Avenue Hotel was converted

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Syracuse China User: Farragut House – Rye Beach, New Hampshire Date of examples: circa 1910-1925   Notes:  John Colby Philbrick was so inspired by Admiral David Farragut's visit to his Atlantic House in the 1860s that he renamed it Farragut.  After it burned in 1882, the

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: International Hotel – Cafe' International Date of creamer: 1958 Date of plate: 1959   Notes: The International Hotel was located on what was then the New York International Airport (now, 2022, JFK Airport) grounds at the intersection of Van Wyck Expressway and the Belt Parkway in

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Fairfax – Norfolk, Virginia Distributor: Max Schwan – Norfolk, Virginia Date of examples: circa 1907-1924   Notes: The Fairfax Hotel opened in time to house the many guests that were expected to attend the Jamestown Exposition that ran from April 26, 1907, to November 30,