Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Weaver's Pattern Name: Unknown – Underglaze Print Pattern #6003 Date of bowl: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: This bowl came from a seller in Knoxville, Tenn., who believed that this was used at Herbert Weaver's Cafe on Union Avenue in Knoxville. Contributors: Susan and Ed

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Waverly Masonic Lodge #51 Date of plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: From its website, "Waverly Lodge No. 51 Free and Accepted Masons was organized April 25, 1854 under the dispensation of Grand Master Henry L. Palmer and was officially Chartered June 14, 1854.

Manufacturers: Carr China Company and Jackson China User: Waverly Hills Sanatorium Pattern: Portland (Underglaze Print Pattern #6010) Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: This is the Portland pattern on the plate's rim (Underglaze Print Pattern 6010) with the WHS logo in a marquise shape. With many thanks to Melanie Sinnock, museum

Manufacturer: Iroquois China and McNicol China Name of user: Weber Duck Inn – Wrentham, Mass. Distributor (for McNicol): Morris Gordon & Son Inc. Date of Iroquois demi cup and saucer: 1928 Date range of McNicol demi cup: circa 1931-1942 (the year the inn closed)     Notes: Weber Duck Inn

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Washington Firehouse Distributor: Fisher, Bruce & Company – Philadelphia Date of examples: Unknown   Notes: Believed to be from a Washington County, Penn., firehouse, based on first-hand account from the seller. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Walter Powers Co. Date of plate: 1935 Date of mug: 1936   Notes: We haven't found a definite ID on this Walter Powers Co. china, but everything points to a location in Chicago. There were numerous want ads in the 1943 Chicago Tribune for "Counter

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Walsh's Date of platter: Unknown   Notes: This is a different coloration of the Princess pattern than is usually seen: brown on Glo-Tan. Our best guess for the ID of Walsh's, based only on proximity to West Virginia and the timing, is that it was

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Walker Bros. Date of creamer: Unknown   Notes: Walker Brothers was a popular business in the Detroit area that offered catering in addition to its at least 14 restaurants. "The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 3" includes information on the founding of Walker Bros. and

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Blue Fox restaurant – San Francisco Date of Scammell example: February 1957   Notes: 17-year-old Mario Mondin, a native of Venice, Italy, came to San Francisco in 1929. He found employment as a restaurant bus boy, then as a bartender at Bimbo Guintoli's Bimbo's 365 Club.