Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Saturn Club Date of soup plate: 1922   Notes: The Saturn Club was founded on Oct. 21, 1885, by 12 young men in Buffalo, N.Y., headed by Carleton Sprague. In reality, it was actually 13 guys who had been invited to that first organizational meeting, but

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Saturn Club Pattern: Underglaze decalcomania number 63102 Date of examples: circa 1924   Notes: The Saturn Club was founded on Oct. 21, 1885, by 12 young men in Buffalo, N.Y., headed by Carleton Sprague. In reality, it was actually 13 guys who had been invited to

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Saturn Club Date of examples: circa 1890s – 1911   Notes: The Saturn Club was founded on Oct. 21, 1885, by 12 young men in Buffalo, N.Y., headed by Carleton Sprague. In reality, it was actually 13 guys who had been invited to that first organizational

Manufacturers: Fraureuth (Germany), Scammell, Fraunfelter User: Oetjen's Restaurant, Brooklyn, New York Date of examples: Fraureuth bowl, circa 1899-1926; Scammell demi cup, circa 1925 to 1940; Fraunfelter platter, circa 1924-1939   Notes: In 1904, brothers William and Harry Oetjen opened their restaurant at Church and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn, which seated 35 guests. They

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: New York Zoological Society – Rocking Stone Restaurant and Boat House Restaurant Date of pedestal bowl: Early 1900s   Notes: Founded in 1895, the New York Zoological Society opened the Bronx Zoological Park and Gardens on Nov. 8, 1899. There were two restaurants within the park, the Rocking

Manufacturer: Bauscher China Company User: Wayand's Brewing Company and Restaurant Date of tip tray: 1912   Notes: Christian Weyand (1826-1898), a native of the Lorraine region in eastern France, emigrated to the United States when he was 21, settling in the Buffalo area of New York. He was originally a

Manufacturer: Shenango China Company User: Wayand's Brewing Company and Restaurant Date of plates: circa 1905 – 1920   Notes: Christian Weyand (1826-1898), a native of the Lorraine region in eastern France, emigrated to the United States when he was 21, settling in the Buffalo area of New York. He was

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Lujan's Burger Boy Date of plate: September 1966 Date of saucer: September 1961   Notes: Rolin (Ron) D. Lujan opened his first Lujan's Burger Boy drive-in restaurant in 1956, on Tallmadge Circle in Akron, Ohio. He hired waitresses, whom he called "curbettes," to take orders from

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Gilman Hot Springs Distributor: Long Beach Store Fixture Co., Long Beach, Calif. Date of plate: circa 1939 – 1948   Notes: From an extensive Wikipedia article: "Gilman Hot Springs, also known as San Jacinto Hot Springs or the Relief Springs, is a hot spring system in the