Manufacturer: McNicol China Pattern: Blue Willow Distributor: James M. Shaw and Company Date of flip-top sugar bowl: 1928-1936 Notes: The traditional willow design, found in cobalt blue as well as pink as well as several other colors, always features a large beautiful Chinese home with a willow tree, small bridge

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Blue Willow Date range of pieces shown: 1930s-1940s Notes: The traditional willow design, found in cobalt blue as well as pink as well as several other colors, always features a large beautiful Chinese home with a willow tree, small bridge with 3 figures, the teahouse at

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Bowles Lunch Date of mug: 1923 – 1954 Notes: In 1897, Henry Leland Bowles borrowed $1,000 to start his first Bowles Lunch business in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1904, he expanded under the firm name of H.L. Bowles & Co. (Charles C. Gilbert parent company) in Detroit,

Manufacturer: Carr China User: Bowles Lunch Date of mug: 1936 Notes: In 1897, Henry Leland Bowles borrowed $1,000 to start his first Bowles Lunch business in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1904, he expanded under the firm name of H.L. Bowles & Co. (Charles C. Gilbert parent company) in Detroit, Michigan; and

Manufacturer: Cook China, Trenton, NJ User: Bowles Lunch Date of plate: 1912 – 1930 Notes: In 1897, Henry Leland Bowles borrowed $1,000 to start his first Bowles Lunch business in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1904, he expanded under the firm name of H.L. Bowles & Co. (Charles C. Gilbert parent company)

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Bowles Lunch Distributor: The Mellen & Hewes Co., Hartford, Conn. Date of vegetable bowl: 1895 – 1924 (based on backstamp) Notes: In 1897, Henry Leland Bowles borrowed $1,000 to start his first Bowles Lunch business in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1904, he expanded under the firm

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Bowman Hotel Companies Pattern Description: Greek Key * Date of plate: 1920s Notes: Canadian-born businessman and American hotelier John McEntee Bowman (1875=1931) owned the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corporation. He learned the hotel business by working at New York City's Holland House Hotel. When the owner died in

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Bowman Hotel Companies Distributor: Kniffin & Demarest Co. Date of matchstand: 1924 Notes: Canadian-born businessman and American hotelier John McEntee Bowman (1875-1931) owned the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corporation. He learned the hotel business by working at New York City's Holland House Hotel. When the owner died in

Manufacturer: Corning User: Bradford House Date of platter: 1960s Notes: Bradford Houses were the in-store restaurants and lunch counters of the W.T. Grant retail chain, which went out of business in 1976 in what was at the time the second largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. William Thomas Grant's hometown was