Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Altamont Hotel Pattern: #5000 Shoreham Border Date of shard: Circa 1905 Notes: Located on what is now Crown Avenue at Ross Point in Fort Thomas, Kentucky (near Cincinnati in the Kentucky Highlands), the 3 1/2-story, brick, H-shaped, gambrel roofed, Altamont Hotel was built by Samuel Bigstaff

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Altamont Hotel Date of platter: 1923 Notes: Located at Broad and Church streets in Hazleton, Penn., this 175-room, 10-story hotel was completed in 1924. The hotel closed in 1965 and later was renovated to become The Lutheran Home at Hazleton in 1966. Lamberton China white body

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Altamont Hotel Dat of plate: 1890s – circa 1911 Notes: Located at Broad and Church streets in Hazleton, Penn., this 175-room, 10-story hotel was completed in 1924. The hotel closed in 1965 and later was renovated to become The Lutheran Home at Hazleton in 1966.

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Alsonett Hotels Date of plate: 1958 Notes: Alsonett operated hotels in Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas during the 1950s and 1960s. Among them were: (in Florida) the Coral Sands Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Poinsettia Beach in Ft.

Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Alpine Village Inn Date of plate: 1959 Notes: From 1950 to 1997, Alpine Village Inn in Las Vegas, Nev., was one of the city’s most popular tourist restaurants. Initially located on Bond, it moved to 3003 Paradise Rd. (across from the former Las Vegas Hilton and

Manufacturer: McNicol China Pattern: Allusion Date of plate: circa 1931 – circa 1960s Notes: Stock airbrushed pattern. The "X" on the backstamp possibly indicates a sample piece. ID and photos contributed by dmcgrann

Manufacturer: Iroquois China Pattern: Allison Date of egg cup: 1962 Notes: Iro-Tan body with brown and orange florals.

Manufacturer: Lamberton China Border pattern: #8047 Rice Border User: Hotel Allen Date of plate: Circa 1917 Notes: From the Wikipedia, the luxurious Hotel Allen opened in 1882 as a six-story hotel on the northeast corner of Center Square in Allentown, Penn., with retail shops on the first floor and an

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Berkeley Hotel Date of service plate: circa 1905-1910     Notes: The 165-room Berkeley Hotel was built prior to 1918 at Fifth Avenue and 9th Street in New York City. By 1929, the hotel was owned by The Knott Hotels Co., headquartered at 271 Madison