Manufacturer: Unknown, Germany User: Kaskaskia Hotel Distributor: Albert Pick & Company, Chicago Date of plate: 1915 Notes: The Kaskaskia Hotel is located at 217 Marquette Street in LaSalle, Illinois. The hotel was designed by Marshall & Fox, the same firm that designed Chicago's Blackstone and Drake hotels. Construction of the six-story,

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: Kaiserhof Restaurant Date of gravy: 1906 Notes: This small sauce boat was used at the Kaiserhof Restaurant located at 242-244 Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minn. According to the book, Minnesota Eats Out: An Illustrated History, by Kathryn Koutsky, Linda Koutsky and Eleanor Ostman, the grand restaurant opened circa

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Kaiserhof Hotel – Chicago Date of plate: 1903   Notes: The 300-room Kaiserhof Hotel opened in 1872 on Clark Street in Chicago, Ill. In 1915, an 18-story addition was added, and shortly afterward, the name was changed to the Hotel Atlantic. Sometime between 1963 and 1973 the building

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern Name: Kaaterskill Date of plate: 1927 – 1950s   Notes: Old Ivory body with green and black lines on the verge, hand-painted pattern of tree in black and orange, sailboats on the lake with yellow sails, a forest of blue, and mountains in green with clouds

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Kaap's Date of creamer: unknown   Notes: Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin. Kaap's in underlined script font with two pin lines in red and black. Based on the curlicues that end the pin lines, this might help date the creamer to circa 1920's.

Manufacturer: Greenwood Pottery User: Believed to be the K-9 Club Distributor: Burley & Company, Hotel Dept., Chicago Date of plate: 1910 -1915   Notes: The K-9 Club was located at 105 E. Walton Place, Chicago, Ill., referenced in this online Chicagomag.com article, The Gay '30s. According to a 1932 Time magazine story, the

Manufacturer: TEPCO Pattern Name: Rick Rack No. 1 Date of creamer: 1931 – 1968   Note: This ID is based on a 1970s-era TEPCO catalog that also shows a similar, slightly more complex rim wave design dubbed Rick Rack No. 2. White background with airbrushed dark green wavy rim design. Similar

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Juvenile Duck Series, Shadowtone #116 Date of plate with embossed rim: 1952 Date of plate with plain rim: 1962   Notes: This pattern was typically found on the following Syracuse Juvenile Plate (with embossed alphabet rim), the Juvenile Bowl and the Juvenile Mug. The pattern was

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern name: Juniper – Maychrome Pattern P-7480 Date of cup: 1960   Notes: This pattern is found on page 65 in Mayer China Company's 1955-56 Price Schedules. White background with airbrushed dark green wavy rim design. Similar patterns were produced by other manufacturers with airbrushed waves, crests, scrolls