Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) Date of plate: 1965   Notes: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company can be traced to 1863 when a group of New York City businessmen raised $100,000 and started the National Union Life and Limb Insurance Company, which insured Civil War sailors and soldiers

Manufacturer: Mayer China, Shenango China User: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Distributor: Maddock & Miller Date of fruit bowl: 1961 Date of jelly dish: unknown   Notes: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was founded in 1863, when a group of New York City businessmen raised $100,000 and started the National Union Life and

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Metropolitan Hotel Date of Plate: circa 1918 Date of Tray: 1917   Notes: Capitalist, banker, stockman and one of Forth Worth's prominent builders, Winfield Scott (1849-1911) began building the 200-room Metropolitan Hotel in 1898 and completed it in 1905. He initially leased the 3-story, red brick building that

Manufacturers: Syracuse China and Carr China User: Metropolitan Club Date of platter: 1961 Date of sauce boat: 1946   Notes: Website. According to the Metropolitan Club website: "Since its founding in 1863, at the height of the Civil War, by six Treasury Department officials, it has pursued its primary goal of furthering

Manufacturer: McNicol China Pattern: Metropolis Date of cup & saucer: 1966 – 1969   Notes: McNicol-Martin backstamp.

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Longchamps Restaurants Pattern: Metarie Date of cup and saucer: Unknown   Notes: Longchamps Restaurants were started in 1919 by Arnold Rothstein and Henry Lustig at 78th and Madison in New York City. The chain grew to several New York establishments and, with the repeal of Prohibition, designers were

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Longchamps Restaurants Date of plate: 1944   Notes: Longchamps Restaurants were started in 1919 by Arnold Rothstein and Henry Lustig at 78th and Madison in New York City. The chain grew to several New York establishments and, with the repeal of Prohibition, designers were hired to create

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern: Metarie Date of soup plate: 1955   Notes: Name of pattern shown in a 1954 Shenango catalog. Green and brown urns filled with flowers and leaves, border is brown and white leaves in a vine pattern accented with green and white polka dots around the rim. Metarie

Manufacturer: Homer Laughlin China User: Metairie Country Club Date of plate: 1976   Notes: The Metairie Country Club was established in 1922 in Metairie, La. White body, brown stripe. Circular logo consisting of Metairie Country Club at the top, 1922 at the bottom, with a building and countryside scenes in the