Manufacturer: Shenango China User/Pattern name: Raleigh Date of bowls: 1920s-1948 Date of egg cup: (decal) 1930s-1948   Notes: Bright floral border pattern appears to be hand filled. The two bowls shown together, below, have different backstamps with different dates, and it is interesting that the flowers are filled in differently from

Manufacturers: Scammell China and Shenango China User: Raklios Lunch Rooms Distributor for Scammell: American China and Glassware Co. Distributor for Shenango: The Stearnes Company, Chicago Date of cup & saucer: 1923 – 1928 Date of plate: circa 1920s   Notes: The Raklios restaurants originated in Chicago by John Raklios, a Greek

Manufacturer: Hall China User: The Rainbow Room Date of ashtray: circa 1960s   Notes: The Rainbow Room is an upscale restaurant and nightclub on the 65th floor of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It first opened on October 3, 1934 and was originally conceived as

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Rainbow Hotel Date of celery tray: June 1953   Notes: The five-story, 150-room Rainbow opened in 1911 at 20 Third Street and First Avenue North in Great Falls, Mont. It contained a restaurant, coffee shop and ballroom. Once called The Jewel of the West, since 1995

Manufacturer: Rosenthal China, Germany User: Railroad Club of New York Distributor: L. Barth & Company, Inc., New York Date of match stand: 1927   Notes: An article in The New York Times dated July 21, 1899 headlines: "New York Railroad Club: Fifth Annual Dinner Held at the Manhattan Beach Hotel," though there are

Manufacturer: Royal Doulton User: Raffles Hotel, Singapore Date of egg cup: 1987 – present   Notes: Raffles Hotel is a colonial-style hotel in Singapore, dating from 1887, and named after Singapore's founder Sir Stamford Raffles. Managed by Raffles International, it is known for its luxurious accommodation and superb restaurants. The hotel

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Radisson Hotel Distributor: Boutell Brothers, Minneapolis, MN Date of plate: Circa 1912   Notes: Named for the French explorer Pierre Esprit Radisson, the hotel was located at 45 S. Seventh Street in Minneapolis, Minn. Built in 1909 at a cost of $1.5 million, the 12-story, 350-room

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. and Fraunfelter China User: Radisson Hotel Distributor for Maddock: Boutell Brothers Distributor for Fraunfelter : Albert Pick & Company, Chicago Date of plate: 1918 – 1924 Date of cup: 1924 – 1939   Notes: Named for the French explorer Pierre Esprit Radisson, the hotel was located at

Manufacturer: Unknown, possibly Bauscher Brothers User: Radisson Hotel Distributor: Burley & Co., Chicago Date of soup bowl: September 1914   Notes: Named for the French explorer Pierre Esprit Radisson, the hotel was located at 45 S. Seventh Street in Minneapolis, Minn. Built in 1909 at a cost of $1.5 million, the