Manufacturer: Walker China User: The Belcelona Hotel Date of Saucer: November 1955     Notes: More than 60 years ago, Ernest Kouwen-Hoven erected the first building on what is now the Florida Air Academy campus. It was a magnificent Spanish Mediterranean-style mansion, complete with authentic Art Deco interior. He used

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Bel-Air Country Club Date of plate: 1953 Notes: Located in Bel Air, California, this exclusive Country Club was founded in 1927. It still has one of the most challenging golf courses on the west coast. White body with black and orange bands on the rim. Topmarked

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Beechmont Date of soup bowls: May 1925     Notes: White body with wide-band ornamental leaf border design in black with golden pin lines on the outer edge and inner verge line.

Manufacturer: John Maddock & Sons, Ltd., England Pattern: Bedford Date of footed bowl: 1914     Notes: White footed bowl with grey-green beaded lines, acanthus leaves and concentric circle cartouches on rim. Registration Number 630370. ID and photos contributed by dbstoneware

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Beckley Hotel Date of plate: 1958     Notes: The Beckley Hotel, located at the corner of Main and North Kanawha Streets in Beckley, W.V., had its grand opening March 1, 1916. Twenty-five rooms were available but by 1925 it expanded to 100 rooms. By the

Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Beaver Creek Ranch Date of plate: 1914-1920     Notes: The Beaver Creek Ranch was located in a valley near Rimrock, Arizona and it was an elegant hunting resort at the time this plate was produced. As the area came under Theodore Roosevelt's newly formed National

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Beaver Club Date of service plate: 2001     Notes: This service plate was used at The Beaver Club restaurant, located in the Fairmont-The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, 900 Rene Levesque Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For more than 50 years, this restaurant served gourmet meals to

Manufacturer: Wallace China Pattern Name: Dotine Date of sugar bowl: circa 1940s Note: The pattern, in rusty orange, has a connecting pattern of triangles, curved lines and dots. Contributor: Susan Phillips

Manufacturer: Wallace China Pattern Name: Beaumont Distributor: Dohrmann Hotel Supply Date of plate: 1940s-1950s     Note: Dohrmann Hotel Supply was based in San Francisco, Calif., and was incorporated circa 1904. The bowl has two concentric circles on the rim made up of a black and white checkerboard pattern, with