Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: Zimmer's Food Shops Date of egg cup: 1939   Notes: By use of the photos of the matchbook shown below, Zimmer's Food Shops were located in South Bend, Ind., with stores at 138 N. Main St., 726 S. Eddy St., and 605 Lincoln Way, West, offering "good

Manufacturer: Bailey Walker China User: Zeppelin Lunch Distributor: The Slocum China Co, Akron, Ohio Date of plate and mustard pot: circa 1923 – 1942 (based on backstamp)   Notes: Where was this Zeppelin Lunch plate used? Could it be from the Zep Diner in Los Angeles (click here to view a matchbook cover for this

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Zion C.M.I. Tea Room User: Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) Tea Room Date of platter: 1971   Notes: This pattern with its yellow, pink, rose and blue flowers is more often associated with the well-known Prairie Mountain Wildflowers pattern (PMWF), also made by Syracuse, that was used

Manufactiurer: Sterling China User: Zaberer's Date of platter: 1965 Notes: Charlie Zaberer, a former Disney illustrator, operated a huge restaurant and entertainment complex in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey from the 1940s until his death in 1971, at which time his restaurant, Zaberer's, seated 1,200 patrons and employed 160 waitresses and

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern name/user: Jackson Logo Sample Plate Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: The white manufacturer's sample plate contains 14 underglaze decals for restaurants with associated hand-lettered numbers. Among them are: Baltimore Dairy Lunch – J.A. Whitcomb (center) Mint Grill (443-15) Fuller's Cafe – Beaumont and Pt. Arthur (431-18)

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Jackson China Blen-Tone Color Sample Date of color sample plates: April 1962

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Jackson Advertising Plate Date of plate: 1917-1930s   Notes: This dinner-size plate has a central image of the Jackson plant as seen at the time from Route 950 in Falls Creek, Penn. As the photo above (taken in 2016) reflects, the buildings are no longer there and

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Jackson Advertising Plate Date of plate: 1917-1930s Notes: Jackson China advertising butter pats were made in a variety of colors and frequently advertised events – such as a world's fair – or distributors. The butter pat shown above advertises Jackson's line of commercial ware. White body and

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Jackson Advertising Plate Distributor: Edward Don & Co. Date of plate: 1917-1930s   Notes: Jackson China advertising butter pats were made in a variety of colors and frequently advertised events – such as a world's fair – or distributors. The butter pat shown above advertises Jackson's line