Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: White Bear Yacht Club Date of cup: 1956   Notes: The White Bear Yacht Club was on White Bear Lake in Minnesota. The club was organized in 1889 and incorporated in 1894; the clubhouse was demolished in 1998.

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: Whitcomb House Date of matchstand: 1903 or 1905   Notes: After Alonzo G. Whitcomb's lease on the National Hotel in Rochester, New York expired in 1872, he secured financing to build a new hotel on Main Street across from the Osburn Hotel. Initially named the New England

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Arthur E. Wheeler Distributor: James M. Shaw & Co. Date of bowl: 1924   Notes: This bowl belonged to Arthur E. Wheeler, a Wall Street banker who lived in New York City. The flag on the right was his personal signal flag; the flag on the left

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Hotel Weylin Date of cup/saucer: 1930s – 1940s   Notes: Hotel Weylin, which opened in 1921, was located at Madison and 54th Street in New York City. Its famous Monkey Bar, called the home of the risque song, was a fixture of night life in the city.

Manufacturer: Rosenthal China, Germany User: The Westover Hotel Distributor: L. Barth & Company, Inc., New York Date of relish tray: 1927   Notes: The Westover Hotel was one of New York City's grandest Apartment Hotels, located at 253 West 72nd St., between West End Avenue and Broadway, on the upper west

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: The Westover Hotel Date of plate: circa 1929   Notes: The Westover Hotel was one of New York City's grandest Apartment Hotels, located at 253 West 72nd St., between West End Avenue and Broadway, on the upper west side of Manhattan. Designed by Louis Kamper of Detroit

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Westmoreland Club Date of plate: 1920s – early 1950s   Notes: Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, VA and the squirrel is part of his crest. According to the Virginia Commonwealth University archives, the Westmoreland Club, located at Sixth & Grace Street, Richmond, VA, was

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Westlake Date of creamer: 1897-1908 Notes: There is little information available for The Westlake, but as the newspaper clipping below indicates, the hotel would have opened in 1897 and, according to historian Larry Paul, was last listed in Hotel Red Books in 1930. From the Sept. 3,

Manufacturer: Figgio, Norway User: Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S Date: Unknown   Notes: Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S is based in Bergen, Norway. White body, blue and white striped house flag, WL in red. For additional info: http://www.wlco.no/Home/tabid/56/Default.aspx ID and photos contributed by reddygal