Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Empire Date of creamer: 1946 Notes: This is an unusually long and complicated entry! Please read through and draw your own conclusions from the information presented. Richard Luckin, author of "Dining on Rails," has said that "the names of the [railroad-related] china patterns were first named

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Emil Villa's The Original Hick'ry Pit Date of platter: July 1962 (backstamp L7)   Notes: There were three Emil Villa's Hick'ry Pit locations in Oakland, Hayward & San Leandro, California and one Emil Villa's Barbecue Pit in Walnut Creek, California. The restaurant advertised as, "The only barbeque house

Manufacturer: Scammell China, Shenango China User: Emery Hotel Date: Scammell, circa 1929; Shenango, circa 1930s-1948 Notes: The seven-story, 150-room Emery Hotel was located at 2 South Avenue and Main Street in Bradford, Pa. It opened Feb. 22, 1929 and was built by Miss Grace E. Emery and named in honor of

Manufacturer: Haviland & Co. User: Emerson Hotel Distributor: James M. Shaw & Co., New York Date of chamberstick: 1915 Notes: The (new) 18-story Emerson Hotel of Baltimore, Maryland was built in 1911 by Isaac Emerson — the Baltimore manufacturer of Bromo-Seltzer. The hotel was demolished in 1971. The site, at the

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Embassy Hotel Date of service plate: 1926 Notes: The 12-story, 350-room Embassy Hotel was built as the Ormonde Hotel on Broadway at 70th Street, New York City and then became the Embassy in the mid-1920s. At some point in the middle of the 20th century it fell

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Embassy Date range of china grouping: Early 1950s Notes: The Embassy pattern was made for many years by Syracuse in the scrolling leaf pattern in gray and burgundy red. It is shown in a 1970 catalog under that name, and as you can see from the excerpt

Manufacturer: Sterling China Pattern: Elite Dates of manufacture: unknown Notes: All examples found of this pattern have been produced on Sterling's Desert Tan clay body with brown design.  

Manufacturer: Buffalo China, Sterling China, Homer Laughlin (not shown) User: Elias Brothers Big Boy Date: Buffalo cup, unknown; date of Sterling plate: 1973 Notes: Part of a large national franchise, originally called Bob's Big Boy. Other franchise names included Frisch's. Elias Brothers Big Boy was headquartered in Warren, Mich. The company

Manufacturer: McNicol China, Sterling China User: Elias Brothers Big Boy Date: McNicol date range for plate: 1930s – 1960s, date of Sterling plate: 1964 Notes: Part of a large national franchise, originally called Bob's Big Boy. Other franchise names included Frisch's. Elias Brothers Big Boy was headquartered in Warren, Mich. The