Manufacturer: Homer Laughlin China User: Black Saddle House of Beef Restaurant, Washington, D.C. Date of creamer: 1969    

Manufacturer: Jackson China User/Pattern name: Black Forest Restaurant Date of plate: 1974     Notes: The Black Forest Restaurant may have been owned by Larry Schwamb beforehand, but it was purchased by Helen Reinsissel in 1958, and she ran it until selling it in 1974. Her restaurant was located at

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Bit of Sweden restaurants, San Francisco, Los Angeles Date of cream pitcher: circa 1930s-1950s Notes: Flow blue effect on the shield renders it illegible, but what it says is: Bit of Sweden. Note the same crest on the postcard. Wallace China is another known manufacturer. For

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Bismarck Hotel, Chicago, IL Date of plate: circa 1930s Notes: The first Bismarck Hotel was four floors and 200 rooms, built in 1894 by the three Eitel Brothers. In 1914, because of the unpopularity of the name during World War I, the hotel was renamed The

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Bismarck Hotel Date of pickle shells: 1915-1927 Date of bouillon: 1926-1931 Notes: The first Bismarck Hotel in Chicago, Ill., was four floors and 200 rooms, built in 1894 by the three Eitel Brothers. In 1914, because of the unpopularity of the name during World War I,

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: Bismarck Hotel, Chicago, IL Date of butter pat: 1911 Date of toothpick matchstand and toothpick holder: circa 1910-1930s Notes: The first Bismarck Hotel was four floors and 200 rooms, built in 1894 by the three Eitel Brothers. In 1914, because of the unpopularity of the name

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School Date of plate: 1959     Notes: Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School in Kernersville, NC opened in 1959. With a 42-acre campus located just minutes from downtown Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, Bishop McGuinness is the largest non-public high school in

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Bird-in-Hand Distributor: Ganger, Inc., New York City Date of cup: pre-1948     Notes: Originally located at 1659 Broadway and 711 Seventh Ave., the restaurant was designed & built by Ganger, Inc. New York City. Slogan: "An unusual eating place." Famous for its quality poultry, game

Manufacturer: Greenwood Pottery User: Bingham House, Philadelphia, PA Date of cup and saucer: 1886-1910     Notes: The Bingham House was built by John Crump on the southwest corner of Eleventh and Market Streets in Philadelphia, PA in 1886. In its Victorian heyday the hotel boasted 300 rooms and could