Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Northern Constellation Lodge 291 Date of mug: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: The Northern Contellation Lodge 291, located in Malone, N.J., was organized during the autumn of 1852, according to "Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New

Manufacturer: Carr China Company and Wellsville China User: Manor Pattern: Virginia (Carr pattern #6059) Date of Carr pitcher: circa 1930s – 1952 Date of Wellsville cup: 1950s – early 1960s   Notes: This topmark for a Manor – shown on the Virginia pattern – is unknown to us. For additional

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Lowery's Restaurant Date of bowl: 1950   Notes: Lowery's Seafood Restaurant had been located in Tappahannock, Virginia, since 1938 and was begun by Wesley and Lorelle Hutchinson Lowery. Per their former website, they specialized in local seafood, fried chicken, spoon bread and bread pudding. The restaurant

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Lande's of Denver Pattern: Harding Date of cup: circa late 1930s – 1952   Notes: Lande's of Denver – "A Restaurant for the Discriminating – was located at 3130 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver. It is likely that these rooms changed names over time, but at

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Lake Fenton Boat & Yacht Club Date of plate: 1949   Notes: We were told by the seller that this plate was from Lake Fenton Boat & Yacht Club in Fenton, Michigan, and the seller was also from Fenton. In addition, among the few mentions

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Karen Sue Pattern: #6064 Date of examples: circa 1948   Notes: In a May 2018 issue of The New York Times titled Family Dishes, Karen Stabiner writes about the set of dishes that her father Ira ordered from Carr to celebrate her birth. This is Karen's

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Grand Lodge of Maryland – IOOF Pattern: Sylvia Date of open sugar: Unknown   Notes: From the Independent Order of Odd Fellows website: "The Independent Order of Odd Fellows owes some of its roots to its English predecessor, The Ancient Order of the Society of

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Rip Van Winkle Motel and Steak House Cafe Distributor: Kalberer Hotel Supply Co. Date of plate: 1968 Notes: Located in Everett, Washington, the Rip Van Winkle Motel and Steak House was owned by George and Etta Van Winkle. According to an Aug. 6, 2002, story in

Manufacturer: Carr China User: White House Cafe, Greenwood, Mississippi Pattern name (of platter): Ellwood – Underglaze Print Pattern #7000 Distributor: H & R Supply Co., Atlanta, Georgia (Hotel and Restaurant Supply Co.) Date of bowl and platter: Circa 1927-1932   Notes: Like so many restaurants with popular names, there were myriad