Archive 1
Morandi-Proctor Co.
Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: Morandi-Proctor Co. Date of matchstand: Unknown   Notes: Restaurant and institutional supplier of various equipment including Shenango and Iroquois China from early 1900s to mid-to-late 1920s. Located at 48-50 Union St., Boston, MA in 1906, the company supplied the Grove Park Inn, Bond Hotel, Harvard, Garde Hotel
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Mrs. K's Toll House
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Mrs. K's Toll House Date of plate: 1991 -1998   Notes: Mrs. K's Toll House Restaurant building began life in the 1800s as a toll house on the Washington, D.C. to Ashton, Maryland, turnpike. The toll was about 4¢ per horse. In the fall of 1929, Blanche
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Moraine Hotel
Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: Moraine Hotel Distributor: Arthur Schiller and Son, Chicago Date of plate: 1927   Notes: According to the Park District of Highland Park news site: "In 1892 the Hotel Moraine first opened its door to guests on a 15-acre lake front site. The hotel consisted of three large
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Muehlebach Hotel 3
Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: Muehlebach Hotel Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: Located at West 12th and Baltimore Streets, Kansas City, Mo., the Muehlebach Hotel opened in 1915 and was host to famous guests over the years, including Harry Truman, Elvis, The Beatles and Babe Ruth. It is known as "Kansas
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Muehlebach Hotel 2
Manufacturers: Buffalo China and Unknown (Made in Germany) User: Muehlebach Hotel Distributors: Unknown manufacturer: Burley & Company, Chicago; Buffalo China: Albert Pick & Co. Date of plate: Unknown | Date of creamer: 1925   Notes: Located at West 12th and Baltimore Streets, Kansas City, Mo., the Muehlebach Hotel opened in 1915
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Muehlebach Hotel
Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Muehlebach Hotel Date of plate: 1958   Notes: Located at West 12th and Baltimore Streets, Kansas City, Mo., the Muehlebach Hotel opened in 1915 and was host to famous guests over the years, including Harry Truman, Elvis, The Beatles and Babe Ruth. It is known as "Kansas
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Multifleure
Manufacturer: Buffalo China Pattern: Multifleure Date of plate: 1930s   Notes: Multifleure was a marbled, uneven blend of all five colors of clay used by Buffalo: Colorido, Rouge, Cafe Au Lait, Lune and Ye Old Ivory.
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Multnomah Hotel
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Multnomah Date of service plate (with gilded border): 1912 Date of plate: 1924   Notes: This 550-room hotel was built in 1912 and continued to operate as the Hotel Multnomah at 4th & Pine streets in Portland, Oregon until 1962. By 2006, it had become the
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Multnomah Athletic Club – MAC
Manufacturer: McNicol China and Shenango China User: Multnomah Athletic Club (MAC) McNicol – Date of bowl: September 1939 Shenango – Date of plate: 1987 (backstamp Q-45)   Notes: According to the Multnomah Athletic Club's website: "The MAC is a private not-for-profit athletic and social club located in downtown Portland, Oregon at 18th
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