Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern name: Poppy, Pattern T-569 Date of bouillon cup: Circa 1956   Notes: Poppy was a stock pattern for Mayer, with bowls, creamers, bouillons (this shape), tea cups, mustards, pitchers, covered sugars, plates and platters held in stock for "prompt shipment," according to the company's 1955-56 catalog. The

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Poppy Date of Matchstand/ashtray: 1930   Notes: This poppy pattern design matches the Nature Studies poppy flower series created by Syracuse designer Harry Aitken, though it is not specifically bottom-stamped as being a part of this series. This particular poppy pattern is very similar to the Nature Studies:

Manufacturer: W.H. Grindley User: Poodle Dog Cafe and Bakery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Date of creamer: 1940s – 1979   Notes: This is from the Poodle Dog Cafe & Bakery located at 706-708 Yates Street in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada — NOT from the better-known, long-closed Old Poodle Dog Restaurant in

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Ponte Vedra Inn & Club Date of plate: 1949   Notes: Built by the National Lead Company in 1928, The Inn, as it was originally named, was built on 300 acres in Ponte Vedra Beach (south of Jacksonville Beach), Florida. By 1959, the 110-room resort was called

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Hotel Pontchartrain Date of plate: 1890s – circa 1911   Notes: Designed by the famous architect George Mason the Pontchartrain Hotel opened in 1907 at the corner of Cadillac Square and Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Originally it was a 10-story building, but a huge mansard

Manufacturer: Heinrich & Co., Selb, Bavaria User: Pompeian Room – Hotel Baltimore Distributor: Burley & Co. Date of candle stand: 1913   Notes: The Baltimore Hotel was located between 11th and 12th streets and Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Mo.,. It was designed by Louis Curtis and built by Bernard Corrigan.

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: The Pompeian Room – Hotel Baltimore Date of celery dish: 1912 – 1920   Notes: The Baltimore Hotel was located between 11th and 12th streets and Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Mo. It was designed by Louis Curtis and built by Bernard Corrigan. The Baltimore opened in

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: The Pompeian Room – Hotel Baltimore Date of plate: 1918 – 1924   Notes: The Baltimore Hotel was located between 11th and 12th streets and Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Mo. It was designed by Louis Curtis and built by Bernard Corrigan. The Baltimore opened in

Manufacturer: C.M. Hutschenreuther, Bavaria, Germany Pattern: Pompeian Distributor: Albert Pick & Co., Chicago, Illinois Date of bowl: circa 1926 – 1939   Notes: Black Knight white body with wide band of multicolored leaves and stylized flowers. Design patented July 13, 1926. ID and photos contributed by dbstoneware