Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 4 Date of plate: circa late 1930s   Notes: No clue as to this pattern. It is shown on Glo-Tan China and the backstamp style matches that of a plate owned by designer Paul Mattson's daughter. This is not Mattson's beautiful printing, but

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 3 Date of plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: The pattern name and number are unknown for this lotus or waterlily design, but we have seen it several times so it likely was a regular stock pattern with what looks like

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 1 Plate Distributor: Monongahela China & Glassware Co. Mug Distributor: A.C. Hoskins – Morgantown, W.V. Date of examples: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: This pattern is also seen among the work owned by Judy Reed and designed by her father, Paul C.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 2 Date of bowls: Unknown   Notes: We haven't been able to find a record of this pattern, and we haven't found this backstamp on any other piece of Carr China either. However, Carr did use this logo on page 3 of

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 6150 Date of plate: 1951   Notes: With the number/color combination shown on the back, it was likely a sample and we have no idea if it was ever produced. Contributors: Plate photos – ebay seller nanny_06 Content: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 6135 Date of soup bowl: 1942   Notes: This pattern was one that was inherited by Carr when the Warwick plant closed in 1951. It was known as Border Print Pattern #6135 and was used at Hotel Rowe in Grand Rapids, Mich. Jim

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 7003 Distributor: M. L. Brill & Co., Chicago Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: Other than the print pattern number of this plate, nothing is known about it. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 6065 Border Pattern: Virginia 6059 Date of plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: This rose pattern turns up frequently partnered with Carr's border patterns, such as this instance with the Virginia border in an uncharacteristic gray color – probably the 40B referred

Manufacturer: Shenango China Name of user: Bustanoby's Restaurants, New York City Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of mug: circa 1913-17 Date of creamer: circa 1913-17   Notes: The Basque-born Bustanoby brothers, Andre, Jacques and Louis, opened the Cafe des Beaux-Arts, on 40th Street and 6th Avenue in 1902. It