Manufacturers: Warwick China, Carr China Pattern Name/Number: Adam / 6165 Date of Warwick bowl: circa 1930s Date of Carr creamer: 1952   Notes: Many manufacturers sold a version of the Adam pattern, all featuring ornaments and swags in single colors including blue, black, green and red. Click here to see

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Adam Date of samples: 1926 – 1929 Notes: This design, consisting of ornaments, urns and swags, was copyrighted by Syracuse China in 1926. Many manufacturers offered their own similar versions of the Adam pattern. Syracuse is known to have made theirs in blue, black, green and

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Alaska Yukon Pacific Date of plate: 1909   Notes: This service plate is from the famous 1909 Alaska – Yukon – Pacific Exposition – World's Fair that was held in Seattle, Wash. The fair celebrated and publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest, which included the

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Alaska Line / Alaska Steamship Co. Date of saucer: 1930s – 1948   Notes: The Alaska Steamship Company was formed in 1894. Due to various government regulations, the company eventually enjoyed a near monopoly on service between Alaska and the lower 48 states. It ceased passenger

Manufacturer: TEPCO User: Al Williams' Papagayo Room Date of plate: 1931 – 1968   Notes: Papagayo is Spanish for parrot. Al Williams and his wife served Mexican Food and entertainment from 1941 to 1961 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. This famous room has since been redone (sans

Manufacturer: Warwick China Co. User: Al-an-net Coffee Shop Distributor: Steel Hardware Co. Date of creamer: 1927 – 1935   Notes: The only location found for the coffee shop was in Kinsley, Kan. According to the Kinsley Library, it was listed in the Kinsley Mercury and Graphic newspaper with slightly different

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Airplane (Airbrushed) Date of plate: 1954 Notes: Red and gray airbrushed design.

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: The Ahwahnee Date of plate: 1929 – early 1940s   Notes: Exclusive pattern for the 115-room Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park, Calif., that opened on July 14, 1927. This pattern was also made by Sterling China and other manufacturers. Ivory body with black and rust Southwestern

Manufacturer: Yugokeramik (Jugokeramik), Yugoslavia User: JP Aerodrom Beograd – Belgrade Airport Date of cups: pre-2000   Notes: The Belgrade Airport history dates back to 1910, when the flying field of Banjica (a Belgrade suburb) was the first airport location. From 1910 to 1944, the Belgrade Airport changed locations four times