Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user: Fabacher's, New Orleans Date of example:  Circa 1905 – 1915   Notes: Franz Joseph Fabacher opened his Oyster House and Hotel on Gravier Street, New Orleans, in 1880. Joseph Fabacher would later open a restaurant at 137 Royal Street.  In addition to the dining

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Skull and Bones Date of examples: early 1900's   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Skull and Bones (also known as The Order, Order 322 or The Brotherhood of Death) is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The oldest senior-class society at the

Manufacturer: Mayer China User/pattern name: Sample plate Date of plate: circa 1930s   Notes: White body plate with a center-of-the-well design surrounded by 19 topmarks on the rim. Formerly known as Dancing Nymphs, with the addition of this plate the central design of frolicking women is now known as P4013.

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: Englewood Cliffs Milk Farm Date of backstamp: circa 1931   Notes: "A hop, skip and a jump from exhaustion to exhilaration" was the slogan used by Englewood Cliffs Milk Farm, a luxurious spa for its time that was in business at least until the late 1970s. It

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Frogy's Cafe Pattern name: Three Ornaments #7010 Distributor: Beamish Glassware Co., Kansas City Date of platter: Circa 1913   Notes: Seldom has there been so much hyperbole connected to the opening of a men's club as there seemingly was for Frogy's Cafe in Kansas City in 1913,

Manufacturer: Ridgways, England User: Clifton Zoological Society – Bristol Zoo Gardens Distributor: H. Abrahams & Co. – Bristol, England Date of examples: circa 1879 – 1903   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Opened in 1836 by the Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society, Bristol Zoo was the world's oldest provincial zoo. It

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Amani Mgeni Uwanda (Harmony Guest Ranch) Date of plate: 1958   Notes: Amani Mgeni Uwanda was a $400,000 dude/guest ranch opened in 1953 in Estes Park, Colorado, and built by Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hayes and Col. and Mrs. Richard E. Turner. From an article in the

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: The Embassy Club, Philadelphia, Penn. Date of examples:  Circa 1937 – 1954   Notes: The matchbook cover, shown above, provides the identification for the rampant lion and crown logo used by The Embassy Club at 1418 Spruce Street, Philadelphia. When opened, the matchbook reveals that it was

Manufacturer: Scammel China User: Wimodasi Circle Date of cup and saucer: circa mid-1920s – circa early 1930s   Notes: The Wimodasi Circle, an acronym for WIves, MOthers, DAughters, and SIsters, was a religious organization for women started around the beginning of the 20th century in numerous states across the country