Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Overglaze Pattern #58204 User: Hotel Del Monte Date of cup: 1937   From the Wikipedia:  "The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America.

Manufacturers: Globe Pottery and Olympic Hotelware – England User: Muirheads – Canada Distributor for creamer: The Robert Simpson Co. – Toronto Date of soup plate: circa 1934 – 1957 Date of creamer: unknown   Notes: From a Feb. 15, 2021, article in the Toronto Old News website, it appears that

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Spink Wawasee Hotel – Indiana Date of platter: circa 1926 – 1930s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Lake Wawasee, formerly Turkey Lake, is a natural lake southeast of Syracuse in Kosciusko County, Indiana, and is the largest natural lake wholly contained within Indiana. The lake is named for

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Nurses Home Date of examples (only one backstamp shown): 1920-23   Notes: We have been unable to find a definitive ID for this topmark, but the seller of a large set bought them in Abbeville, S.C., which is 13 miles away from the former Nurses Home

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Deep Sea Gardens Date of service plate: circa 1927 – 1950s   Notes: Harry G. Aitken was a young designer working in Trenton, N.J., when he was hired by Syracuse China in 1904 to be the head of their decorating department. He streamlined the color system

Manufacturer: Maddock – England User: RMS Queen Mary – Kosher Service – Cunard Steamship Company Date of plate: 1966   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard-White Star Line.

Manufacturer: Crane China Corporation – Puerto Rico User: Advertising plate Date of plate: May 1949   Notes: When Iroquois China's plant in Syracuse, New York, went into receivership in the late 1930s, Earl Crane acquired it from a New York bank in 1939. Eight years later, in 1947, he opened

Manufacturer: Maddock & Sons – England User: Key Route Inn – Oakland, California Pattern: Althea Distributor: Han Dohrman Company – San Francisco Date of plate: circa 1907 – 1930   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Key Route Inn was a major hotel in Oakland, California in the early decades of the

Manufacturer: Maddock – England User: Hudson Navigation Company Date of pitcher: circa 1904 – 1911   Notes:  From Wikipedia: "Charles W. Morse was an American businessman and speculator who committed frauds and engaged in corrupt business practices. His attempt to manipulate the price of copper-shares set off a wave of