Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Wallace China Sample Plate Date of plate: 1930s   Notes: This plate is 11 1/4" in diameter.

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Walker Christmas Advertising Plate Date of plate: Unknown   Note: Small holiday plate with Christmas tree and Season's Greetings wishes would have been given to Walker customers at Christmas. Second version contributed by reddygal

Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China Pattern/User: Bailey-Walker China Logo Sample Plate Date of plate: Early 1930s   Notes: White sample plate includes logos for 24 colleges and businesses. ID and photos contributed by kathleen

Manufacturer: Wood & Sons, England User: Waldorf Lunch System Date of platter: 1907-1920   Notes: From Jan Whitaker's Consumer Society website, the first Waldorf Lunch opened in 1904, in Springfield, Mass. "In keeping with its full name, 'Waldorf Lunch System,' everything about it was highly standardized. All food was prepared in

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Waldorf Lunch System Date of mug: 1916   Notes: From Jan Whitaker's Consumer Society website, the first Waldorf Lunch opened in 1904, in Springfield, Mass. "In keeping with its full name, 'Waldorf Lunch System,' everything about it was highly standardized. All food was prepared in a central

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Waldorf Lunch System Date of plate: Circa 1920s Notes: From Jan Whitaker's Consumer Society website, the first Waldorf Lunch opened in 1904, in Springfield, Mass. "In keeping with its full name, 'Waldorf Lunch System,' everything about it was highly standardized. All food was prepared in a central

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. Pattern: Waldorf Lunch Distributor: Tilden Thurber Company of Providence, R.I. Date of plate: 1904 – 1912   Notes: From Jan Whitaker's Consumer Society website, the first Waldorf Lunch opened in 1904, in Springfield, Mass. "In keeping with its full name, 'Waldorf Lunch System,' everything about it was

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Pattern name: Buckingham border, #1800 Date of celery tray: May 1899   Notes: Website. On March 24, 1893, millionaire William Waldorf Astor opened the 13-story Waldorf Hotel on the site that had formerly boasted his New York mansion, at Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street. Built by renowned

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Date: circa 1950   Notes: On March 24, 1893, millionaire William Waldorf Astor opened the 13-story Waldorf Hotel on the site that had formerly boasted his New York mansion, at Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street. Built by renowned architect Henry Hardenbergh, The Waldorf was the