Manufacturer: TEPCO, marketed as Solano China User: The Cactus Date of welsh rarebit oval baker: 1950s – 1960s   Notes: Nothing is known about this establishment other than it is assumed to have been located in the Western U.S., most likely Arizona. Solano China/Pa-Ce-Co/U.S.A. was a marketing name utilized by

Manufacturer: McNicol User: Ohio Brass Company Date of creamer: circa 1928   Notes: The Ohio Brass Company was founded by Frank Black in 1888, on North Main Street in Mansfield, Ohio. This was during the horse-drawn era when there was a huge need for harness rigs that required all kinds

Manufacturer: Unknown User: International Steamship Company Date of compote: circa 1860s – circa 1893   Notes: RWCN member Alan Shepard found this damaged compote in June 2021 when he was diving in Maine. "When I found it, all that was exposed was the base and I had to dig through

Manufacturer: Grindley HotelWare – England User: Goodrich Steamship Lines Date of mug: circa 1920's – 1930's   Notes: From the Wikipedia, the Goodrich Steamship Lines "was a passenger steamship line operating in the Great Lakes region, principally in Lake Michigan in the 19th and early 20th century." It was established

Manufacturer: Carr China User: Terrace Garden at the Morrison Hotel – Chicago Date of soup plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: From Dining in Chicago, The John Day Co., New York, Copyrighted 1931, p. 134: The Terrace Garden "is located in the basement of the Morrison Hotel where the famed

Manufacturer: Dunn Bennett & Co. – England User: The Britannia Hotel Date of plate: circa 1969 – 2000   Notes: From Wikipedia, construction on the Britannia Hotel, which faces Grosvenor Square in London, England, was completed in 1969. After acquisition by Inter-Continental Hotels, it became Britannia Inter-Continenal London in 1981.

Manufacturer: Scammell's Trenton China User: Golden Bear Cafe Date of grill plate:  circa 1925 – circa 1929   Notes: From Wikipedia "The Golden Bear started as The Golden Lion Cafe at 226 Main Street in Huntington Beach and was founded by Harry Bakre in 1923. The name was changed to

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Joy Yoeng Distributor: L. Barth & Sons – New York Date of plate: circa 1920s – pre-1926   Notes: A Joy Yoeng restaurant opened at 711 Seventh Avenue in New York City on June 17, 1919. According to a column, called "At the Cabarets," in the

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Compton's Restaurant Date of mug: 1922   Notes: Compton's was a chain of restaurants that opened in the early 20th century in San Francisco and Oakland, California. By 1931, according to an ad in The San Francisco Examiner, it had converted most of its operations to