Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Shawsheen Restaurant Date of pasta bowl: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: The Shawsheen Restaurant was located at 45 Haverhill Street in Andover, Mass. Its original use was as a restaurant/cafeteria with six bowling alleys in the basement and a 500-seat theater for cinema. And the

Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Laritz Cafeteria Date of plate: circa 1947-1950s   Notes: Laritz Cafeteria, what was to be a small and brief-lived chain of cafeterias, opened its first location on March 14, 1947 in Pensacola, Florida, at the corner of Romana and Jefferson streets. Charles Laritz was owner/general manager.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Seros Lunch Date of grill plate: Unknown   Notes:  The grill plate pictured above uses Carr's Athens pattern 6011. George Seros opened Seros Lunch at 1439 Griswold Street in Detroit in 1918, specializing in chili to the point that he renamed the company the Seros Chili

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Sea Breeze Hotel Date of platter: circa 1936 – 1952   Notes: The Sea Breeze Hotel was located at 16151 Collins Ave., in Miami Beach, Florida, as early as 1936, according to a Hotel Red Book. At some point, at least by the early 1950s, it

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Scott & White Hospital Date of platter: Unknown   Notes: Scott & White Hospital, now Scott&White Healthcare, was started in Temple, Texas, by Arthur C. Scott, MD and Raleigh R. White Jr., MD. They began their medical practice in 1897. The platter was distributed by Huey

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Schmitt's Chop House Distributor: Restaurant China Company – Chicago Date of pitcher: Unknown   Notes: It is not known where this restaurant was located; any help would be appreciated! It does have what we consider to be an older, less common Carr backstamp with note of

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Granliden Hotel Date of bowl and covered sugar: Circa 1900   Notes: Granliden Hotel, located on Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire – "the Gateway to the White Mountains" – "was originally built as a small inn around 1890, along with several cottages," according to the website

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Carr Color Sample Plate Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: A hard-to-find color chart made by Carr including what we imagine to be their most-used colors whenever it was that the plate was made. On the back of the plate are the color names that relate to

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Carr Sample Plate 7 Date of plate: 1937   Notes: This sample plate is part of our collection, purchased from the estate of Richard Mattson, who was one of Carr designer Paul Mattson's children. As you can see from the back, it was signed by Mattson