Manufacturer: Wood & Sons, Burslem, England User: General Brock Hotel Date of soup plate: Circa 1950s   Notes: From the website niagrafallsinfo.com, In 1927, William Manley German along with a group of Niagara Falls businessmen with the financial assistance of Sir Harry Oakes, formed a company to build the General

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: To Kalon Club Distributor: George C. Peck & Co., Pawtucket, R.I. Date of platter: circa 1900 – 1912   Notes:  The To Kalon Club was established as a private dining club in 1867, and was one of the most well-known clubs in all of Rhode Island

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Karnak – overglaze #58902 Date of platter: circa 1897 – 1946   White body platter with lyre shaped ornaments in reddish orange and green spaced around the rim. There is also a reddish orange pin stripe on the rim. The ID for this pattern comes from

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Beverly Hills Supper Club Date of plate: 1958   Notes: According to the Wikipedia,  The Beverly Hills Supper Club was located just outside Cincinnati, and "booked its entertainers from Las Vegas, Nashville, Hollywood, New York, and other show-business hubs. The site had been a popular nightspot

Manufacturers: Scammell China and Syracuse China User: Sacajawea Inn Pattern: Scammell border #5040 Date of Scammell  plate: Circa 1924-1930 Date of Syracuse plate: December 1941   Notes: The Sacajawea Inn opened on Feb. 11, 1928, in La Grande, Oregon.  It was built by Julius Roesch (1862-1960) and was seven stories

Manufacturer: Taylor, Smith & Taylor China User: D.L. Clark Candy Company Date of platter: 1904   Notes: According to a newspaper article from the Tyrone Daily Herald in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, the D.L. Clark Candy Company opened its new multi-storied building in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in 1904. The first floor of the

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Oak Forest Sanatorium Date of pitcher: circa 1918 – 1940   Notes: The Oak Forest Sanatorium was located in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and constructed in 1918 to treat tuberculosis patients.  It continued in this mission up until the mid-1960s when Oak Forest became a nursing

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Unknown Date of plate and mug: 1965   Notes: We have not been able to identify a definite user of this china but will update the entry if a customer is found. Design has a burgundy/red stripe on the verge broken in the lower right quadrant

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Date of bowl: 1901 Date of sample plate: 1900   Notes:  From Wikipedia,  "The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the second oldest zoo in the United States, founded in 1873 and officially opening in 1875, after the Roger Williams Park