Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Syringa – #58801 Date of examples: circa 1925   Notes: The Syringa pattern with its blue heavy dashes or dotted lines around the border that is interrupted by white, daisy-like flowers on the rim (that also resemble wild strawberry blooms) is found in a Syracuse pattern

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: 52506 Date of soup plate: 1908   Notes: Shown in 1911 L. Barth catalog as Pattern 52506. Since Barth used different catalog numbers for the pieces they sold in this pattern, it appears that the number was given by the manufacturer. White body, green and brown decoration

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Syracuse Hotel Pattern: #95301 Date of plate: 1948   Notes: The Syracuse Hotel, at 500 S. Warren Street in Syracuse, N.Y., has 12 floors and opened with 600 rooms in 1924. It eventually became known as the Hotel Syracuse Radisson Plaza and closed in 2004. It was scheduled

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Syracuse Pattern: Shirley Date of candle stick: 1937 Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: The Hotel Syracuse, at 500 S. Warren Street in Syracuse, N.Y., had 12 floors, 600 rooms and opened in 1924. After an extremely sketchy history in the last decade of the 20th century,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Syracuse Christmas Advertising Platter Pattern: Coach and Four Date of platter: Unknown   Note: Holiday platter with red-lined border and scene appropriated from the Coach and Four stagecoach pattern that would have been given to Syracuse customers at Christmas. See also: Coach and Four ID and photos contributed by

Manufacturer: Scammell China Pattern: Symphony Distributor: Nathan Straus-Duparquet Date of plate: 1937 – circa 1954   Notes: Trenton China body.

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Sylvania Hotel Distributor: John Wannamaker Date of bowl: 1918 – 1924   Notes: Designed by Leroy B. Rothschild, the 14-story, 400-room Sylvania Hotel was located at Locust and Juniper streets in Philadelphia, Penn. According to an invitation that had been posted at artsballroom.com (but no longer

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Swiss Chalet Date of bowl: 1931-1954 Notes: The Swiss Chalet restaurant was located in Ramsey, N.J., and billed itself as "A Charming Place to Dine." It opened in 1918 and was owned by Louise and Charles Pfuhl. ID contributed by teabear Photos contributed by Susan Phillips and

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Swift & Company Date of platter: 1912-1920s   Notes: In 1875, Gustavus Swift began buying cattle in Chicago and sending them east. With the development of faster, reliable and ice-chilled railcars, he began to transform the meat industry from a decentralized slaughter operation (live cattle shipped and