Manufacturer: Homer Laughlin Pattern: Impact Gray Date of platters: 1961-62   Notes: Mid-century style medium gray leaf and floral design fills the rim of this pattern. Contributors: Katherine Stolz Barber: ID and platter photos

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China Co. User: Name of pattern/user: Hatchett's Point Casino Distributor: Brown, Thomson & Co., Hartford, Conn. Date of examples: Circa 1900 to 1930   Notes: Hatchett's Point, on Long Island Sound, was developed in 1890 by five prominent businessmen as the location for their summer homes. The Casino was

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Moose Haven Restaurant Date of examples: circa 1936 – 1943   Notes: The Moose Haven Restaurant was located at 708 East King Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and opened in the mid-1930s. It is believed to be operated by two brothers, Steve and James Karas. In 1936,

Manufacturer: John Edwards – Staffordshire, England User: W & D Ocean Oyster House – Rochester, New York Distributors:  Wisner & Palmer Date of butter pat: circa 1871   Notes: The W & D Ocean Oyster House was located in Rochester, New York, on Buffalo Street near State Street. It was

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: La Grande Hotel – La Grande, Oregon Date of plate: circa 1927 – 1930s   Notes: A blurb in the Medford Mail Tribune from November 9, 1927, announced simply: "the new six story La Grande Hotel to be completed by November 15." The original proprietors of the

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Wanakah Country Club Pattern name: Floridian Date of pickle shell/relish: 1925   Notes: Floridian was a Buffalo stock pattern, patented in 1925. It has been used with topmarked china, but probably none with a monogram that has stirred quite so much interest as this intertwined WCC,

Manufacturer: Caribe China User: The Wig and Bottle, Minneapolis Date of plate: unknown   Notes: In 1951 John Skowronski purchased Danny's Funhouse, located at 2501 N.E. Marshall Street at Lowry Avenue. Skowronski and his wife and partner Dorothy Skowronski named the establishment (whose building was originally built in 1891) the

Manufacturer: Walker China User: The Brook Club, New York City Date of examples: cup: April 1965; plate June 1969   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Brook is a private club located at 111 East 54th Street in Manhattan in New York City. "It was founded in 1903 by a group of

Manufacturer: Hutschenreuther China, Black Knight – Germany User: Crescent Athletic Club Date of platter: 1931   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Crescent Athletic Club was an athletic club in Brooklyn. Founded by a group of Yale University alumni in 1884 as an American football club, it later expanded to include other