Archive 1
Fairyland
Manufacturer: Syracuse China, Shenango China Name of users: Fairyland Inn / Fleetwood of Fairyland Inn / Fairyland Club Date of Shenango sauce boat or gravy: 1925-1930s Date of Syracuse bowl: 1927 Date of Syracuse plate: 1929 Date of Syracuse creamer: unknown   Notes: This design, with its winged spright sitting
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Fairmont Hotel San Francisco
Manufacturer: Syracuse China and Shenango China User: Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA Date: Syracuse, plate with HL logo, 1947; (detail of) Syracuse plate with FF logo, 1950; Shenango cup and saucer, 1920s-early 1950s Note: Contruction began on this historic 500-room hotel in 1902 and was completed in April 1906, two weeks
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Fairfax
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Fairfax Date of plate: May 1933 Notes: Syracuse stock pattern #87901 (listed formerly as T.426), overglaze design. According to a Syracuse Pattern Book dated November 6, 1933, this stock pattern was "Controlled in Washington DC & within a radius of 250 miles there from." The Ansley Hotel, Atlanta used
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Fair Department Store
Manufacturer: Unknown User: The Fair Department Store Distributor: Burley & Company Date of creamer: circa 1900s Notes: This creamer is marked with the very fancy department store's logo showing a mythical type creature and the wording "THE FAIR" – "CHICAGO" underneath the cobalt blue logo. The creamer was made for service
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Fafalios Shipping, S.A.
Manufacturer: Pountney's, Bristol, England User: Fafalios Shipping, S.A. Date of cup and saucer: Late 1950s Notes: Fafalios Shipping is a large company located in Piraeus, Greece. The house flag can be seen on the funnel of their ships which include Nea Tyche (New Fortune) built in 1978. White body, blue bands
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F. W. Backes, Vienna Bakery
Manufacturer: M. Sterner, Mannheim, Germany User: F. W. Backes, Vienna Bakery and Restaurant Date of cup and saucer: circa 1892-1899 Notes: From the 1895 "Hartford and its Points of Interest," "The Vienna bakery conducted by Mr. F. W. Backes at Nos. 167 and 169 Asylum Street (in the fine block owned
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F & G Palace Lunch Room
Manufacturer: Greenwood Pottery User: Ford & Graham (F&G) Palace Lunch Room Date of mug: 1886 – 1910 Notes: The advertisement shown below, dating to 1887, confirms that the Ford & Graham (F&G) Palace Lunch Room was located at 609 15th Street N.W. in Washington, D.C. While the 1903 Boyd's Directory of
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Exchange Buffet 3
Manufacturer: Shenango China; McNicol China (Nathan Strauss Duparquet distributor) User: Exchange Buffet Date ranges: Shenango, 1920s-early 1950s; McNicol, 1931-1960s Notes: Based in part on info taken from "Building a Six-Million-Dollar Business on Trust," by James True – on Google Books – the Exchange Buffet was a restaurant chain in New York City
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Exchange Buffet
Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Exchange Buffet Date of sugar and creamer: Unknown, but believed to pre-date 1912 Notes: Based in part on info taken from "Building a Six-Million-Dollar Business on Trust," by James True – on Google Books – the Exchange Buffet was a restaurant chain in New York City with some
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