Archive 1
O. Henry Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: O. Henry Hotel Location: Greensboro, North Carolina Date of plate: 1919 – 1924   Notes: The hotel was built in 1919 and named after O. Henry, the pen name used by William Sydney Porter, a Greensboro native. It was located at the corner of Bellemeade and
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Nutmeg
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Nutmeg Date of plate: 1963   Notes: A popular stock pattern marked by its Morwel shape (narrow rim) and reversed out application of medium brown or tan vaguely vines and leaves pattern on the border of an off-white body.
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Nubian
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Nubian – Underglazed #47300 series Distributor: The John Shillito Company Date of plate: 1927-1950s   Notes: Ivory body with stylized black leaping gazelle-like animal. For additional information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shillito_Company http://www.daap.uc.edu/library/archcinci/6shillito.html
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Nu-Port Coffee
Manufacturer: Mayer China Co. User: Nu-Port Coffee Date of Mug: c. 1930s – 1940s   Notes: Nu-Port Coffee (the Nueces Coffee Company) started by the Yarbrough Brothers, began importing coffee through the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas in 1929. White body, green stripe around the rim. Nu-Port Coffee, also in green,
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NS Savannah
Manufacturer: Mayer China User: NS Savannah Date of plate: 1964 Date of demi set: 1962   Notes: From the wikipedia: The NS Savannah was the "first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 million, including a $28.3 million nuclear reactor and fuel core, funded by United
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Northwest Airlines
Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Northwest Airlines (as Northwest Orient Airlines) Date of plate: 1953   Notes: From the Wikipedia, Northwest Airlines was founded in 1926 and was merged into Delta Air Lines in 2008. Northwest operated under that name until 2010. Following World War II, Northwest "became dominant in the trans-Pacific market … ."
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Northern Pacific Railway Garnet
Manufacturer: Theodore Haviland, France Pattern: Garnet User: Northern Pacific Railway Distributor: Burley & Co., Chicago Date of compote: 1914  
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North Yorkshire Shipping Co. Ltd.
Manufacturer: N.S.P. User: North Yorkshire Shipping Co. Ltd. Date of Cup and Saucer: Unknown   Notes: Shipping company based in London, England. White body with green stripe, house flag with green field and black and white stylized rose. For additional info: https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb~hfn.html#nys Photos and ID contributed by reddygal
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North German Lloyd
Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: North German Lloyd Steamship – Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) Date of example pieces: Unknown   Notes: Forest green body with white interior and gold trim. Please note two different outer treatments to same inner logo. Flag logo seems to be most common. (There may have been a difference between
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