Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Hotel Loraine Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of plate: Circa 1924   Notes: The Hotel Loraine was built in 1923 by Walter Schroeder, whose hotel holdings at one time totaled nine in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana. The Loraine was located in Madison, Wisc. The

Manufacturer: True West Pattern: Longhorn Date of plate: post-2003   Notes: The True West company of Royse City, TX began reproducing Wallace China's Westward Ho Rodeo pattern in 1990. In 2004, they added other Westward Ho – Till Goodan reproduction designs, including the Boots & Saddle, Longhorn & Little Buckaroo patterns,

Manufacturer: Wallace China Pattern: Longhorn Dates of examples: 1950s   Notes: This pattern is part of Wallace's Westward Ho series, designed by Till Goodan and originally produced for the Wentz Company between 1943 and 1964. Till Goodan began receiving recognition for his Western art in the 1930s after he spent his

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. Pattern name: Loraine Date of platter: circa 1890-1911   Notes: This pattern was identified in a 1913-14 Albert Pick Company distributor's catalog as Decoration No. I E4800, underglaze, Loraine decoration in green. The design is made up of double lines on the border and one on the

Manufacturers: Unknown English, Iroquois China, Syracuse China User: Loon Lake House Dates: Date ranges from very early 20th century to 1937   Notes: Located on Loon Lake, N.Y., the Loon Lake House was considered one of the most popular and successful hotels of the Adirondack Mountain resort areas of New York.

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Longley's Cafeteria Date: 1967 Notes: Bickford's history dates back to 1922, when Samuel Longley Bickford opened his first Bickford's cafeteria. Throughout the next 40 years, Sam, and eventually his son, Harold, worked to expand their cafeteria chain throughout the Northeast and into Florida and California. In 1959,

Manufacturer: Warwick China and Maddock Pottery Company (Lamberton China) User: Long-Bell Lumber Company Pattern name (Maddock only): #7005 Carlton Date of Warwick creamer: 1920s – 1930s Date of Maddock saucer: Circa 1911-1923   Notes: Notes: Founded in 1887 by Robert A. Long and Victor Bell in Columbus, Kansas, in 1907 the

Manufacturer: Shenango User: Lombardy Inn Date of cup: circa 1908 – circa 1920   Notes: The Lombardy Inn was an Italian restaurant, located on Boylston Place, an alley off 130-140 Boylston St., in Boston, near the Colonial Theatre. The restaurant was certified Jan. 10, 1908. From The New York Times, December

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern: Little Miss Muffett Date of plate: 1979 Notes: Nursery rhyme series. For related info: Little Tommy Tucker by Shenango Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Shenango Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater by Shenango