Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Roney-Plaza Hotel Distributor: Nathan Straus & Sons Co., New York Date of footed bowl: 1920s – 1930   Notes: The Roney-Plaza Hotel is a Miami Beach, Florida landmark, built in 1926 and recently renovated. Lamberton China white body with a full color Viking sailing ship style pattern;

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Romanoff's – San Francisco, CA Date of cup & saucer: August 1956   Notes: Michael Romanoff owned and operated two Romanoff's in California: one in Beverly Hills, the other in Nob Hill of San Francisco. Born Hershel Geguzin in Lithuania in 1890, Michael Romanoff was a professional imposter, who claimed

Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Romanoff's – Beverly Hills, CA Date of ashtray: 1950s   Notes: Michael Romanoff owned and operated two Romanoff's in California: one in Beverly Hills, the other in Nob Hill of San Francisco. Born Hershel Geguzin in Lithuania in 1890, Michael Romanoff was a professional imposter, who claimed to have been

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Rolyat Date of service plate: 1928 – 1939   Notes: Quoted source material for this entry comes in large part from the Stetson University College of Law, which in 1951 purchased the Rolyat and moved its law school to Gulfport to the "magnificent 'Florida boom period' hotel."

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Rolling Rock Club Date of cup & saucer: 1912 – 1920s   Notes: "Rolling Rock Club was founded by the Mellon Family in 1917. Richard Beatty Mellon and his son Richard King Mellon turned Rolling Rock into a rural sporting paradise for his friends and family to

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Roger Smith Hotel Stock Pattern: 59000 Date of soup plate: 1956 Notes: This was a stock pattern used by the Roger Smith Hotel chain, which opened its first hotel in Stamford, Connecticut on December 29, 1928 (and demolished it 53 years later in 1981). Under the direction of

Manufacturers: Syracuse China and Wallace China User: Rod's Steak House Date  of Syracuse plate: 1982 – 1997 Date of Wallace plate: 1940s – 1950s   Notes: Located 60 miles south of the Grand Canyon on Historic Route 66, Rod's Steak House was originally established in 1946 by Rodney and Helen Graves.

Manufacturer: True West Pattern: Rodeo Date of plate: post-1989   Notes: The True West company of Royse City, TX began reproducing Wallace China's Westward Ho Rodeo pattern in 1990. In 2004, they added other Westward Ho — Till Goodan reproduction designs, including the Boots & Saddle, Longhorn & Little Buckaroo patterns,

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern: Rodeo Date of 9.5" plate: 1964 Date of 7" plate: 1967   Notes: Shenango China acquired Wallace China in 1959 as a subsidiary and even produced Shenango wares at the Wallace China factory until it was liquidated in 1964. There are known Wallace China Westward Ho pieces