Manufacturer: Scammell China Distributor: Taunton Supply Corp., N.Y. User: Michael's Pub, 3 E. 48th Street, New York City Date of examples: 1954   Notes: Around April 1954, Michael Pearman opened Michael's Pub at 3 E 48th Street, in New York City. Pearman, who was born in Warwickshire, England, on May 25, 1911, came

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Association of College Unions International – ACUI Date of mug: 1967   From the organization's website: "As one of the oldest higher education associations, ACUI dates back to 1914 when it was founded in the Midwestern United States by six students and one faculty advisor who

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Lena-Lou Restaurant Date of plate: circa: 1934 – 1952   Notes: The Lena Lou restaurant near Ada, Michigan, was located on the M21 highway – at the corner of Pettis and Honey Creek Avenue and opened as a gas station around 1929. The owners, who

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Mayer China User: Cafe Mellone, 35 Center St., New Haven, Conn. Pattern names: Maddock: Lorraine; Mayer: Carlisle Date of examples: Maddock: 1910 to 1920s; Mayer: unknown   Notes: In 1904, Anthony M. Mellone, Louis Metzger, and John Weisbecker incorporated the Louis Metzger Catering Company, of New Haven, Conn. Mellone was

Manufacturer: Unknown User: Pup Rotisserie and Hotel Date of demi-cup: circa 1901   Notes: The Pup Rotisserie, a French restaurant and hotel, was located at 12 to 16 Stockton Street in San Francisco, California.  The first mention found about the "Pup" was in the 1886 San Francisco Directory: "The Pup Rotisserie

Manufacturer: Carr China User: Silver Castle Lunch System Pattern name: Erwin Date: Circa 1936-52   Notes: From the book "Lost Restaurants of Tulsa," by Rhys A. Martin: "Silver Castle, or the Silver Castle Lunch System, was founded by Ike [Parkey] and Partner James W. McCollum. The name Silver Castle came

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Union Porcelain, Bauscher User: McTague's Shell Fish House and Grill Room, St. Louis, Missouri Distributor (Union Porcelain): Burley & Co. Date of Union Porcelain drainer bowl, tankard: 1896 to 1918 Date of Maddock plate: pre-1910 Date of Bauscher match stand: early 1920s   Notes: McTague's Shell Fish House and

Manufacturers: Mayer China, Sterling China User: Holland House Taverne Date of plate: Mayer: circa early 1940s, Sterling: 1959   Notes: According to an advertisement in the Daily News dated April 11, 1940, shown above, the Holland House Taverne opened on that day at 10 Rockefeller Plaza at 48 Street in

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Holland House Taverne Date of plate: circa 1940s – early 1950s   Notes: According to an advertisement in the Daily News dated Aril 11, 1940, shown above, the Holland House Taverne opened on that day at 10 Rockefeller Plaza at 48 Street in New York City.