Manufacturer: Wallace China Pattern: Daisy Date of platter: 1940s – 1950s Notes: Light tan body with large burnt orange daisy flowers. ID and photos contributed by eBay seller 710ell

Manufacturer: Wallace China Pattern: Dahlia Date of grill plate: Circa 1940s Note: Sponge brushed design found in various colors, including rust brown, turquoise green, cobalt blue, purple and maroon red. In the 2001 book "California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism," author Bill Stern credits design for this pattern to Martha

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Bossert Date of plate: 1928-1930     Notes: Built in 1909 by Louis Bossert at 98 Montague Street in Brooklyn, New York, the 14-story, 400-room building was designed as an apartment hotel. With its glorious views of New York and its harbor, the hotel was

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hotel Bossert Distributor: James M. Shaw & Co., New York Date of service plate: 1928     Notes: Built in 1909 by Louis Bossert at 98 Montague Street in Brooklyn, New York, the 14-story, 400-room building was designed as an apartment hotel. With its glorious views

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Boss Hotels Date of plate: circa 1931-circa 1935     Notes: Edwin A. Boss owned the Algona Hotel in Algona, Iowa before he served in World War I. Upon his return he started building a chain of hotels. "He predicated it upon the geographical knowledge that

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Boston and Albany Railroad Pattern: Adolphus RR-Assigned Pattern: Berkshire, when used by the Boston and Albany Railroad Date Used: 1913 – 1939 Notes: Railroad collectors identify this pattern as Berkshire as noted in various railroad china books. It was first ordered in 1913. According to Richard

Maufacturer: Scammell China User: Boston Chamber of Commerce Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Co., Boston Date of matchstand: 1923 Notes: In June 1909, a merger of two major business groups created the modern day Boston Chamber of Commerce, which is a broad-based association representing 1,500 businesses of all sizes from virtually every

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Boston Chamber of Commerce Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Co. Date of example: Circa 1923 Notes: In June 1909, a merger of two major business groups created the modern day Boston Chamber of Commerce, which is a broad-based association representing 1,500 businesses of all sizes from virtually every

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Boston Lunch Date of mug: 1897 – 1946 Notes: There are at least four possible candidates for the location of Boston Lunch: 1. From the Constant Family Papers, in the possession of the Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Divison: Brothers Basil K. "Bill" Constant and Xenophon