Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hooks Hotel Co. Pattern name: Mistic border #70501 Distributor: Wright Co., 434 Marietta St., Atlanta Date of plate: Circa 1920s? Notes: The WTH monogram on this plate stands for T. W. Hooks, who was president of the Hooks Hotel Co., which operated at least four hotels in Georgia:

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: The Honker Date of cup: 1959 Notes: There were three known California locations in Los Angeles, Pasadena and La Jolla. Popular in the 1950s and 1960s, The Honker restaurants were originally co-owned by prominent San Marino attorney Calvin L. Helgoe and Eugene "Gene" Ronay. In 1964, Helgoe

Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China User: Honey-Krust Bread Date of plate: 1930s According to this video detailing the history of Honey-Krust Bread at 1349 Adams Street, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, it was started in 1936 – producing bread (with honey in the recipe) in 1937. The bakery also built the Hostess House next

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Honey Dew Donuts Date of cup: 1979 Notes: Richard Bowen founded Honey Dew Donuts in 1973 in Mansfield, Massachusetts. "Always fresh, always good" became his motto. The first franchise was in 1975 and the drive-thru concept was introduced in Plainville, MA in 1978. The chain has more

Manufacturer: W.H. Grindley, England, and Hutschenreuther, Bavaria, Germany Pattern name/User: Honey Dew Limited Distributor (Grindley): Nerlich & Co., Toronto, Canada Date of Grindley creamer: circa 1920s-1930s; date of Hutschenreuther creamer: 1920-1939 Notes: According to the book "I Remember Sunnyside: The Rise & Fall of a Magical Era," by Mike Filey, "Honey

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Honey Comb Date of cup and saucer: 1980 Notes: Identification of this golden yellow pattern was based on a 1970-72 Syracuse catalog (shown below) that features the pattern on the American shape and a Syralite body. The border design is made up of a series of

Manufacturer: Richard Ginori User: Home Lines Date of plate: circa 1980s Notes: Home Lines was an Italian shipping company based in Genoa. The company ran both Ocean Liners and Cruise Ships from 1946 to 1988 when it was acquired by Holland American Lines. White body with a Greek Key design on the

Manufacturer: TEPCO User: Home Cafe Pattern: Confucius Date of plate: 1957 – early 1960s Notes: The Home Café was a popular Hawthorne, Nev., restaurant owned and operated by Lynn Leong. Newspaper references trace the operation of the café from the late 1930s through a reference to it during Civil Rights protests in Hawthorne

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Home Beneficial Life Insurance Company Date of plate: 1951 Notes: The company, located on Broad Street, Richmond, VA was built in the Colonial style around 1950. Home Beneficial was acquired by a division of AIG in 1998. It was one of the largest, if not the largest,