Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China User: Higbee's Silver Grille Date of creamer: circa 1939 – 1942   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Higbee's was a department store founded in 1860 in Cleveland, Ohio." In 1902, after the death of one of its founders … "relocated from its original Public Square location to a new five-story

Manufacturer: Sterling China Name of pattern/user: DeMet's Date of butter pat: circa 1955   Notes: In 1898 George DeMet opened a candy store in Chicago, Illinois, to sell the candy he produced. Over the years more stores were opened in Chicago. By the 1940s, there were three restaurants, 12 tea rooms,

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of pattern/user: DeMet's Date of plate: circa 1950   Notes: In 1898 George DeMet opened a candy store in Chicago, Illinois, to sell the candy he produced. Over the years more stores were opened in Chicago. By the 1940s, there were three restaurants, 12 tea rooms, and 25

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of pattern/user: DeMet's Date of footed bowl: 1928 – 1930s   Notes: In 1898 George DeMet opened a candy store in Chicago, Illinois, to sell the candy he produced. Over the years more stores were opened in Chicago. By the 1940s, there were three restaurants, 12 tea rooms,

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of pattern/user: DeMet's Distributor: American China & Glassware Co., Chicago Date of plate: circa 1939   Notes: In 1898 George DeMet opened a candy store in Chicago, Illinois, to sell the candy he produced. Over the years more stores were opened in Chicago. By the 1940s, there were

Manufacturer: Fraunfelter China User: Vinoy Park Hotel Distributor: Alfred Pick & Company – Chicago Date of examples: circa 1924 – 1939   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Vinoy Park Hotel was built in 1925 by oil tycoon Aymer Vinoy Laughner. Construction began on February 5 and took 10 months to complete,

Manufacturer: Carr China Name of user: Grillis Grill – Jackson, Mississippi Distributor: H & R Supply Co., Atlanta Date of platter: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: According to an article in the Clarion-Ledger dated Mar. 1, 1931, Theologus Grillis first came to Jackson, Mississippi, around 1920. After two years

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern name: Seattle Rose Date range of pieces: 1920s-early 1950s, 1930s-1948   Notes: Rose on white and ivory clay bodies with a variety of slightly different flower clusters, this Seattle Rose pattern is shown in Shenango's 1953 Institutional Catalogue of Shenango Pottery, above. From the catalogue page:

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Dells, The Distributor: American China and Glassware Co. Date of example: Circa 1925 – 1934   Notes: What would become The Dells started out the Huscher family's private home. As early as 1918, it was operating as a roadhouse, which was a venue that catered to people who