Archive 1
McCall Hospital
Manufacturer: Shenango China User: McCall Hospital Date of plate: 1951 Notes: Dr. John Turner McCall Sr. opened his hospital in 1927 on South Broad Street in Rome, Georgia. This hospital served the community until his son's death in 1977. As of 2006, the building was used for low income housing. One
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McAlpin Hotel
Manufacturer: Gerard, Defraisseix & Abbott, France User: Hotel McAlpin Date of examples: circa 1910   Notes: Opened December 1912 at 34th Street and Broadway in Herald Square, New York City, this 25-story, 1,500 room hotel was the home of the famous Marine Grill with murals by Frederick Dana March, located in
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McCreery & Company
Manufacturers: Syracuse China; Theodore Haviland, France; Maddock Pottery; and possibly an additional unknown manufacturer User: McCreery & Company Date of Syracuse plate: Post-1914 – 1930s? Date of Haviland cup and saucer: circa 1914 Date of Maddock platter: circa 1900 (or earlier) to 1911 Date of sauce boat (by unknown manufacturer): Unknown
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Maythorne
Manufacturer: Carr China Pattern: Maythorne  Date of covered sugar: unknown Date of mug: unknown   Notes: Also called Underglaze Print Pattern #6024, according to a 1934 catalog. This pattern comes in black, brown or blue on a tan or white body.  
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Maytag Company
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Maytag Company Rim Pattern: Mistic Date of plate: 1926   Notes: Border of plate contains the Mistic pattern. It was probably made for the corporate dining room in Newton, Iowa. The Parsons-Cutter & Self Feeder Company was sold to F. L. Maytag in 1893 and the Maytag Company
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Mayo Hotel
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Mayo Hotel Distributor: Regnier & Shoup Merc. Co., St. Joseph, MO Date of examples: circa 1925   Notes:  In 1903, brothers Cass A. Mayo and John D. Mayo started a furniture store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two years before the Glenn Pool oil field was discovered in 1905
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Mayfield
Manufacturer: Iroquois China Pattern: Mayfield Date of pitcher: 1940s – early 1960s   Tan-bodied ware has a similar decoration to the Syracuse Sorrento pattern with highly stylized flowers and leaves in orange rust, blue and green and two green lines or stripes.
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Maxwell House Coffee
Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Maxwell House Coffee Date of cup: 1930s – 1960s Note: Maxwell House Coffee is now a part of General Foods. Historical notes from the Maxwell House Cofee website: "According to legend, while on a visit to "The Hermitage" home of Andrew Jackson in Nashville, Tennessee, President Theodore Roosevelt
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Maxim's de Paris
Manufacturer: Villenauxe en Champagne, France User: Maxim's de Paris Date of cigar ashtray: unknown   Note: According to Wikipedia, Maxime Gaillard opened Maxim's as a bistro in 1893 in Paris, France and it soon became known for its dining and Art Nouveau decor. By 2015, Pierre Cardin owned Maxim's de Paris and
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