Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Benjamin Franklin Hotel – Philadelphia, PA Date of service plate: circa 1920s     Notes: The Benjamin Franklin Hotel opened in January 1925 at 9th & Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The eighteen-story, 1,200-room hotel originally was designed by Horace Trumbauer. The hotel was "Philadelphia's social

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: Bender Hotel Date of service plate: 1912     Notes: Located on Main and Walker Streets in Houston, Texas, this ten-story, 300-room hotel opened in 1911 and boasted the South's only electric grill. Not listed in 1933 HRB, but later became the San Jacinto Building, which

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Benbow Hotel Rim Pattern: Encanto Date of Plate: 1942 Notes: This historic hotel opened in July 1926 on the newly completed Redwood Highway, overlooking the Eel River, Garberville, California. It was a popular stopping point for people driving the coastal Redwood Highway. The secluded Hotel Benbow

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Hotel Belvedere Date of plate: 1903     Notes: The Hotel Belvedere was located in Baltimore, Maryland at Charles at Chase Street. In 1946, it became the Sheraton-Belvedere, and it later closed in 1991, converting to condominiums the following year. White body, green shield with

Manufacturer: Wellsville China Pattern: Belmont Date of bowl: 1933-circa 1940s     Notes: White body with green floral, feather and fan band border. Also seen in red.

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Bellevue-Stratford Hotel Date of plate: September 1971     Notes: Located at Broad and Walnut Streets, Center City in Philadelphia, PA, the nineteen-story Bellevue-Stratford Hotel with 1,060 rooms opened on September 20, 1904. It soon functioned as sort of a clubhouse for the Philadelphia establishment with

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Bellevue Country Club Date of service plate: October 1981     Note: The Bellevue Country Club opened in 1918 on Glenwood Avenue in Syracuse, New York. Click here for more information about this club. White body service plate with wide dark blue band border extending to

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern Name: Bellevue #86801 Date of covered bouillon: 1937 Notes: Thanks to information provided by Bill Calnan, we know the Bellevue pattern was "designed by Douglas Bourne in 1932, about the same time that Guy Cowan was designing the Econo-Rim shape" shown on this covered bouillon. Bellevue

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Bellerive Hotel Distributor: Regnier & Shoup Mercantile Co., St. Joseph, Kansas City Date of pieces shown: 1912-1920s     Notes: The Bellerive Hotel is located at 214 East Armour Boulevard, in Kansas City, Missouri. It was designed by Preston Bradshaw, and constructed in 1922 of brick,