Archive 1
Avalon
Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern: Avalon Date of bowl: 1930s – early 1940s Notes: White body with multicolored band border of alternating Art Nouveau styled shapes in orange, red, blue, yellow and green.
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Autumn Leaves
Manufacturer: W.H. Grindley Pattern: Autumn Leaves Date of plate: July 1963 Notes: This same pattern has been seen with a backstamp for Stone's Chop House London. Off white body with leaves and vines of purple, blue and green.
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Automobile Club of Buffalo – Palm Beach pattern
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Automobile Club of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Pattern: Palm Beach Date of plate: 1940 Notes: The Buffalo Auto Club opened in 1911 at 10405 Main Street, Clarence, New York. The Town of Clarence bought the club and surrounding property in 1957. As of 2008, the club house
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Automobile Club of Buffalo
Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Automobile Club of Buffalo Date of plate: 1915 Notes: The Buffalo Automobile Club opened in 1911 at 10405 Main Street, Clarence, N.Y. The Town of Clarence bought the club and surrounding property in 1957. Currently, the club house serves as a meeting and dining facility for
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Australian Oriental Line
Manufacturer: Royal Staffordshire Pottery, England User: Australian Oriental Line Distributor: A.J. Wilkinson, LTD Date of ice cream shell: 1947 – 1961 Notes: The Australian Oriental Line operated from circa 1912 – 1961, sailing from Australia to Japan, via Manila & Hong Kong. White body shell, topmarked by a brown belt
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Australia Hotel
Manufacturer: Duraline Grafton China & Sons, England User: The Hotel Australia Distributer: Gibsons & Paterson Ltd. Date of bowl: 1940 Date of demitasse cup & saucer: 1955 Notes: The Hotel Australia – usually just referred to as The Australia – was considered the best hotel in Sydney for many years
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Aurora
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Aurora Date of examples: 1931 Note: This stock pattern was part of the Syracuse China 47700 Series, transfer underglaze, available in 21 colors. White and tan bodies, shown in various color combinations. For similar patterns by different manufacturers: McNicol Pattern #PL 210-17-17 Iroquois Pattern #3021L  ID
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Aunt Jemima's Kitchen
Manufacturer: Wellsville China User: Aunt Jemima's Kitchen Date of bowl: circa 1960 Notes: Aunt Jemima's Kitchen was a restaurant chain and the first restaurant was in Frontierland at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. When Disneyland first opened in 1955, the restaurant was called Aunt Jemima's Pancake House. It later expanded and
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Auditorium Hotel
Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, Illinois Distributor: Arthur Schiller and Son, Chicago Date of bowl: 1929 Notes: Located within Chicago's landmark Auditorium Building, the 400-room Auditorium Hotel was part of a complex multi-use building designed by architects Dankmar Adler & Louis Sullivan and engineer Paul Mueller. The building
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