Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern: Elfland Date of plate: 1930s – early 1940s Notes: White body, black and white spotted leaping gazelle or impala and green frog or toad in pond with reeds and water.

Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China User: Hotel Eldorado – Hotel El Dorado Date of cup/saucer: October 1941 Notes: Located at 200 Main Street in El Dorado, Kansas, the hotel is variously called El Dorado and Eldorado in Hotel Red Books. Construction was completed on the five-story, 100-room hotel in 1922 and went through

Manufacturer: Wood & Sons, Ltd. User: Elbow Beach Hotel Date of plate: circa 1920s – circa 1950s   Notes: A 150-room hotel in Paget Parrish, Bermuda, which opened in 1908. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group currently owns and operates this Bermuda hotel resort. Click here for the hotel website. As of 2022,

Manufacturer: Woods Ivory Ware, England User: Elbow Beach Hotel Date of service plate: Late 1940s Notes: A 150-room hotel in Paget Parrish, Bermuda, which opened in 1908. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group currently owns and operates this Bermuda hotel resort. Click here for the hotel website. As of 2022, the hotel is

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern name: Elbe Date of gravy boat: 1930s-early 1940s Notes: Brown and white checkerboard border pattern Photos contributed by James McIntyre, ebay seller jamesm1033

Manufacturer: TEPCO (Blue Ridge China trade name) User: El Torito Date of cup: 1962 – 1968 Notes: In 1954, the El Torito restaurant chain was founded in Encino, California. The chain also included Casa Gallardo, Who-Song & Larry's and Las Brisas. El Torito (as of 2020) is found in California, Arizona and

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: El-Ro-Do Restaurant Date of creamer: Circa 1930s Notes: The El-Ro-Do Restaurant was located on River Street in Hudson Falls, N.Y., and was owned by Ernest LaBarge and his wife Eva. According to their granddaughter, Leslie LaBarge, "They named the restaurant after their three surviving children: "El" for

Manufacturer: Wallace China User: El Rancho Cafe Date of cup: 1954 Date of bowl: 1952 Notes: Known as a "Mother Road landmark" on Route 66 in Barstow, CA. Several buildings, including the El Rancho, are being preserved as part of the original Route 66. White body with maroon exterior on the

Manufacturer: Sterling China Pattern: El Rancho variations Date: 1993 (border plate) and 1983 (center-of-well pattern platter) Notes: These are two interesting variations of the El Rancho pattern popularized by Wallace China (and also Shenango). The first, a plate, has only the border of brown branding irons, longhorns, shorthorns and spurs with no