Manufacturer: Scammell China Company User: Catamount Tavern, New Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury – Boston Date of examples: circa 1924-1935     Notes: The New Catamount Tavern in Bennington, Vermont, opened for the summer season of 1925. It was named for the original Catamount Tavern that was built in the 1760s and

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Charlevoix Hotel Date of service plate: circa 1912-1922   Notes: The 11-story Charlevoix Hotel in Detroit, Michigan, was originally built in 1905 as an apartment building. In 1912 it was converted into a 200-room hotel. Maddock Pottery made service plates for the hotel that contain a

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Carlton Hotel Date of examples: circa 1911-1916   Notes:  When the Carlton Hotel on 14th, Washington and Burnside streets in Portland, Oregon, opened in May 1911, it contained about 138 rooms with 69 private baths. Because of the slope of the site, the hotel had seven

Manufacturer: Jackson China Company User: Sigma Pi Fraternity Date of pitcher: circa 1930s – 1946   Notes: From Wikipedia, "The fraternity was founded on February 26, 1897, by William R Kennedy, James T Kingsbury, George M Patterson, Rolin R James at Vincennes University. The group was initially known by the

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Castle Arms Motor Hotel Date of sample plate: October 1968     Notes: The Castle Arms Motor Hotel, originally built as the Castleton Hotel in New Castle, Pennsylvania, opened on October 22, 1927. Located at the corner of East Falls Street and North Mercer Street, it

Manufacturer: Shenango China Company User: Middlesex School Date of plate: 1939-1950s     Notes: From Wikipedia, "Middlesex School is a coeducational, non-sectarian, day and boarding independent secondary school for grades 9-12 located in Concord, Massachusetts, about 20 miles outside of Boston. It was founded as an all-boys school in 1901

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Bethlehem Date of plate and candle stand: circa 1922     Notes: Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel Co., was the motivating force behind the erection of the Hotel Bethlehem because he wanted the city to have a grand hotel that would impress

Manufacturer: Jackson China Company User: Royal Castle Date of mug: May 1959   Notes: From Wikipedia, "Royal Castle was a Miami, Florida-based hamburger restaurant chain known for its miniature hamburgers that were similar to White Castle's hamburgers, and its Birch Beer beverage, a version of root beer. It was founded

Manufacturer: Caribe User: Phillips Seafood / Phillips Crab House Date of platter: 1969   Notes: Brice and Shirley Phillips started Phillips Seafood in 1956 by opening a crab shack in what was then the small town of Ocean City, Maryland. Prior to that, they'd worked in his father's seafood packing