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

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: L. Barth & Sons User: Hudson Navigation Company Date of platter: 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

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: California Club – Los Angles, California Date of ice cream shell: September 1920 Date of sauce boat: June 1982   Notes: The California Club, located at 538 South Fowler Street in Los Angeles, is an invitation-only private club that was incorporated on Dec. 24, 1888. According

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Engineers Club of San Francisco Date of plate – October 1987   Notes: The Engineers Club of San Francisco was founded in 1912, and on September 30, 1927, dedicated "a well-equipped and very attractive new home" at 206 Sansome Street, according to Journal of the A.I.E.E.

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hackney's Restaurant – Atlantic City, New Jersey and Miami, Florida Date of cup: August 1964   Notes: From the Real Brigatine Facebook page posted most recently on Sept. 5, 2022, Harry Watson Hackney (1871-1945) started Hackney's Restaurant at Maine Street and Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J.,

Manufacturer: Fraunfelter China User: Joost's Quality Coffee – San Francisco, California Date of plate: mid-1920s to 1930s   Notes: From research supplied by member Tim Dennee: "Rudolph Joost was a clerk for Castle Brothers, San Francisco coffee importers, in 1907, when he and his younger brother, Harry, decided to open