Manufacturer: Mayer China User: RESTAURANT MAYAN Date of ice cream shell: c. 1940s – 1950s?   Note: Located at 16 West 51st St., in the International Building of Rockefeller Center, the Restaurant Mayan opened its doors circa 1936. According to a post card from the 1950s, the restaurant had a motto:

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Repo Litho 1991 Memories Date of plate: 1990 & 1991   Notes: Originally manufactured by Syracuse China, these western-themed pieces use the same Wallace China Rodeo pattern design, including the original artist Till Goodan's signature. US Copyright VA0000419018, issued July 10, 1990 indicates that this pattern design was

Manufacturer: W.H. Grindley User: Repin's Coffee Inn Distributor: Gibsons & Patterson, Ltd., Sydney, Australia Date of example: 1930 – 1950s   Notes: In 1930, Ivan Repin opened his first coffee house — Repin's Coffee Inn — at 152 King Street, Sydney, Australia. Repin's Coffee Inns were Art-Deco style cafes, which pioneered

Manufacturer: Buffalo China Pattern Name: Rena Date of open sugar: 1915 – 1940s   Notes: White body, teal decoration of bands and floral pendants.

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Regal Date of mugs: 1960s Notes: White body with airbrushed wavy rim design, shown below in green and red color variations. Similar patterns were produced by other manufacturers with airbrushed waves, crests, scrolls or rick rack designs around the rim. Source: Jackson China 1960 Catalog

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: The Reefs Hotel Date of teapot: 1949 – present   Notes: Located in Southhampton Parrish, Bermuda, The Reefs has been owned by the Dodwell Family since its inception in 1947. Originally, the pink hotel had 27 rooms; it is now a large, luxury resort consisting of a

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern: Reddy Kilowatt User: Public Service Company of New Mexico Date of Plate: 1968 Date of Cup: 1977   Notes: Reddy Kilowatt was created in 1926 by Ashton B. Collins Sr., a manager at Alabama Power Company. At that time, homes were wired for electricity but not everyone

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Reddy Kilowatt Date of examples: Circa 1954-late 1960s   Notes: Reddy Kilowatt was created in 1926 by Ashton B. Collins Sr., a manager at Alabama Power Company. At that time, homes were wired for electricity but not everyone was comfortable with this energy source. As a way

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Red Tower Date of bowl: 1936 – early 1940s   Note: Red Tower was a short-lived five-cent hamburger chain located in, and in a perimeter around, Newark, N.J., with known shops in Newark, East Orange, Irvington, Elizabeth, Plainfield and Linden. It was founded in 1936 and was