Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. and Shenango China User/Pattern Name: The Rice Hotel Date of Maddock plate: 1918 – 1924 Date of Shenango plate: 1920s-early 1950s Date of cup & saucer: 1953   Notes: The hotel was built on the site of the old Capitol of the Republic of Texas, which housed

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern: Dalton User: Rialto Grill, Broadway at 42nd Street, New York City Date of Cup: 1930s – early 1940s   Notes: The lone mention found of the Rialto Grill thus far comes from the April 7, 1933 Dalles Chronicle (whose date corresponds with the date of the cup's backstamp):

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern: Rhododendron Date of plate: 1960   Notes: White body with stylized line drawing of deep pink two-tone blossoms and gray leaves. Display sample sticker reads 9" Continental Plate (possibly their trade name for the coupe shape), Rhododendron No. 3915. ID and photos contributed by reddygal

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Rhodes' Mountain Inn Date of platter: 1929 – 1930   Notes: Located on the Lackawanna Trail (Route 611) in Scotrun, Penn., 10 miles north of Stroudsburg and 4 miles south of Mt. Pocono, this 50-room inn probably opened in the mid-to-late 1920s. It was first listed in

Manufacturer: Carr China Pattern: Rho Dendra  Date: No known date; see note   Note: No date is known for the Rho Dendra pattern, but two knowledgeable guesses place it as either late 1930s-1952 (when Carr closed) or 1935-1941.   For additional information on Rho Dendra click here: https://carrchinacompany.com/n-z-html-docs/rho-dendra-pattern.html

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Rexall Distributor: L. Barth & Co. Inc. Date of mustard pot: 1912 – pre-1926   Notes: From the Wikipedia, "Rexall was a chain of North American drugstores, and the name of their store-branded products. The stores, having roots in the federation of United Drug Stores starting in 1902,

Manufacturer: Shenango China and Bauscher Brothers User: Reuben's Restaurant and Delicatessen Distributor: Jos. Heinrichs Corp, New York Date of platter: circa 1912-1920s Date of soup cup: 1928   Notes: According to the Wikipedia, German immigrant Arnold Reuben opened his restaurant in 1908, and after several location changes, sold it in the mid-1960s

Manufacturer: W.H. Grindley, England User: Hotel Restigouche, Matapedia Quebec, Canada Distributor: Cassidy's LTD., Montreal, Vancouver & Toronto, Winnipeg Date of creamer: 1908 – circa 1920s   Notes: Motel Restigouche Outfitters and three generations of the Dubé family have been serving tourists, anglers and hunters since 1906. The first Restigouche Hotel was built

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Restaurant on the Mountain Date of creamer: October 1966   Notes: Built on the side of a hill overlooking the Thomas Dewey Thruway near Suffern, NY, this restaurant and accompanying 100-unit Japanese style motel were built in the late 50s/early 60s. The building was designed by Junzo