Manufacturers: Sterling China and Hall China User: Country Kitchens Date of examples: circa 1930s – 1950s   Notes: According to an article by William Collins in the July 18, 1957, edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer, "Big Bill" Johnson came to Cincinnati, Ohio, when he was 14 after trying to join

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Preketes Bros., Ann Arbor, Michigan Date of example : circa 1941 – 1954   Notes: Paul N. Preketes arrived in Ann Arbor from his native Greece in 1904. His brother Charles joined him, and together they opened the Sugar Bowl candy store, at 111 S. Main St., in

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Pennsbury Inn, Morrisville, Penn. Date of examples: circa 1952-1954   Notes: The Pennsbury Inn was built of blue granite fieldstone in 1714 on what was then known as the Baltimore Pike (now U.S. 1). The building has survived and had many owners, and exactly when the more modern restaurant

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hochschild Kohn Department Stores Date of examples: 1911-1954   Notes: Hochschild Kohn & Co. was one of Baltimore's major department stores, founded in 1897 by Max Hochschild and brothers Benno and Louis B. Kohn and incorporated in 1922. According to the Wikipedia, they opened their "downtown-Baltimore store

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hochschild Kohn Department Stores Date of examples: 1911-1954   Notes: Hochschild Kohn & Co. was one of Baltimore's major department stores, founded in 1897 by Max Hochschild and brothers Benno and Louis B. Kohn and incorporated in 1922. According to the Wikipedia, they opened their "downtown-Baltimore store

Manufacturer: John Maddock and Sons – England User: Original Emporium Bakery Distributor: Nathan Dohrman Co.  – San Francisco Date of creamer: circa 1896   Notes: In 1896, Adolph (and possibly his brother Gustav) Siebrecht opened the Original Emporium Restaurant and Bakery at the corner of Ellis and Jones Street in

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Alsonett Hotels Date of plate: 1952   Notes: Alsonett Hotels, with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a prominent hotel chain in the mid-20th century that operated hotels in Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas during the 1950s and

Manufacturers: Scammell and Bauscher Customer: Old Heidelberg Distributors: L. B. Herbst, Scammell; Arthur Schiller & Son, Bauscher Date of examples: 1933 – 1953   Notes: The five Eitel brothers arrived in Chicago around 1890 from their native Stuttgart, Germany. In 1893, they opened their first hotel near the Chicago World's Fair. In

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Saturn Club Date of examples: Cups: late 1950s – circa 1980s; plate, bowl: 1954   Notes: The Saturn Club was founded on Oct. 21, 1885, by 12 young men in Buffalo, N.Y., headed by Carleton Sprague. In reality, it was actually 13 guys who had been