Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Minneapolis Railroad Pattern name: Maybrook #86701 Pattern name as associated with CMStP&P: Minneapolis Date of egg cup: circa 1934 Date of grill plate: 1951   Notes: This is a Syracuse open stock pattern (underglaze decoration 86701) that was ordered once in

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Minneapolis Railroad Pattern name: Maybrook #86701 Pattern name as associated with CMStP&P: Minneapolis Date of egg cup: circa 1934 Date of grill plate: 1951   Notes: This is a Syracuse open stock pattern (underglaze decoration 86701) that was ordered once in

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Minneapolis Railroad Pattern name: Maybrook #86701 Pattern name as associated with CMStP&P: Minneapolis Date of egg cup: circa 1934 Date of grill plate: 1951   Notes: This is a Syracuse open stock pattern (underglaze decoration 86701) that was ordered once in

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Bee Darling Pattern: Stock pattern, #104   Date: Based on the shape of the sugar and pattern found in Jim Strano's Jackson China book, we estimate that it is a pre-1946 piece. Pattern shape: Vienna, covered sugar. In spite of our best efforts, nothing has been found to

Manufacturer: True West Pattern: Longhorn Date of plate: post-2003   Notes: The True West company of Royse City, TX began reproducing Wallace China's Westward Ho Rodeo pattern in 1990. In 2004, they added other Westward Ho – Till Goodan reproduction designs, including the Boots & Saddle, Longhorn & Little Buckaroo patterns,

Manufacturer: Wallace China Pattern: Longhorn Dates of examples: 1950s   Notes: This pattern is part of Wallace's Westward Ho series, designed by Till Goodan and originally produced for the Wentz Company between 1943 and 1964. Till Goodan began receiving recognition for his Western art in the 1930s after he spent his

Manufacturer: True West Pattern: Little Buckaroo Date: after-2003   Notes: The True West company of Royse City, TX began reproducing Wallace China's Westward Ho Rodeo pattern in 1990. In 2004, they added other Westward Ho – Till Goodan reproduction designs, including the Boots & Saddle, Longhorn & Little Buckaroo patterns, along

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad – CRI&P Pattern name: LaSalle Distributor: Albert Pick & Company Date of plate: post-1930   Notes: From the Wikipedia: The Rock Island Line covered a massive part of the United States with its freight service, and it ran far-reaching passenger service with major

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Shenango China, Walker China User: Leamington Hotel Date of Shenango plate: 1912-1920 Date of Maddock plate: 1918-1924 (Distributor: Boutell Brothers, Minneapolis, Minnesota) Date of Walker plate: 1954   Notes: The Leamington Hotel was built in 1912 at 3rd Avenue and 10th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Guests over the

Manufacturer: Bauscher User: G W Tuche Date of grill plate: 1930s   Notes: According to the website militaria.polarhaven.net, “G W Tuche was a defense contractor for the German military during WWII. They made uniforms, belts, coats, and other military related items for all branches. (Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, DAF, SS, etc.)” Grill

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Landlords' Inn Pattern name: Decal border #2294 Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury, Boston Date of plate: 1928   Notes: What would become the Landlords’ Inn opened in 1900 as a four-story clapboard hotel with 40 rooms as the Templeton Inn REVISIT of Templeton, Mass., originally built by Moses W. Richardson in

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Landlords' Inn Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Company, Boston Date of plate: 1928   Notes: What would become the Landlords’ Inn opened in 1900 as a four-story clapboard hotel with 40 rooms as the Templeton Inn REVISIT of Templeton, Mass., originally built by Moses W. Richardson in 1900. The name

Manufacturers: Rosenthal China, Germany; and Syracuse China User: Lake Shore Athletic Club Distributor (Rosenthal): Marshall Field & Co., Chicago Date of Rosenthal crescent bone dish: 1926 Date of Syracuse plate: 1930   Notes: Designed by Jarvis Hunt and located at 850 North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, the Georgian-style club

Manufacturer: Scammell China and Mayer China User: S.H. Kress & Co. Date of Scammell creamer: 1920s – early 1930s Date of Mayer creamer: 1930s – early 1940s   Notes: Samuel Henry Kress (1863-1955) opened his first "stationery and notions" store in Pennsylvania in 1887, which successfully grew into the Kress "five

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: King Joy Lo Mandarin Restaurant Date of creamer: 1913   Notes: Located at 57 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL, King Joy Lo was a luxurious and prestigious Mandarin Restaurant, frequented by wealthy Chicagoans from 1910 through the 1930s. Billed as "The Most Beautiful and World Famous Mandarin Restaurant," King

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern Name/Number: Kimball / 66403 Date of mustard pot: August 1937   Notes: Syracuse border pattern #66403 underglazed, featuring Egyptian blue water-lily flowers, known as the Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily as well as lotus. The flower is significant in Egyptian mythology and commonly depicted in Egyptian

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Kimball Hotel Distributor: James M. Shaw & Co. Date of plate: 1917   Notes: Successful Springfield businessman William Kimball constructed the Hotel Kimball in 1910, with a formal opening on St. Patrick's Day in 1911. Located at the corners of Chestnut and Bridge streets in Springfield, MA,

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Kimball Hotel Rim Pattern: Egyptian Date of plate: circa 1911 – 1913   Notes: Successful Springfield businessman William Kimball constructed the Hotel Kimball in 1910, with a formal opening on St. Patrick's Day in 1911. Located at the corners of Chestnut and Bridge streets in Springfield, MA,

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Kenny King's Date of cup: April 1964   Notes: After working his way up from a cook to business partner for the American Diner Company, Kenny King started his own restaurant chain in Northeastern Ohio in the late 1940s. The successful chain began with Kenny King's Drive-Ins

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Kenny King's Rim Pattern: Laurel REVISIT Date of plate: 1954   Notes: After working his way up from a cook to business partner for the American Diner Company, Kenny King started his own restaurant chain in Northeastern Ohio in the late 1940s. The successful chain began with Kenny

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Keeler's Restaurant Date of plate: 1952   Notes: Established in 1865, Keeler's Hotel and Restaurant was located on Broadway at Maiden Lane in Albany, N.Y. There was a fire on June 17, 1919, that destroyed the hotel and restaurant. A new restaurant was built at 56 State

Manufacturer: Dunn Bennett & Co., Burslem, England User: Keeler's Restaurant Distributor: Van Heusen Charles Co., Albany, NY Date of butter pat: Post 1919   Notes: Established in 1865, Keeler's Hotel and Restaurant was located on Broadway at Maiden Lane in Albany, N.Y. There was a fire on June 17, 1919, that

Manufacturer: Scammell China Stock Pattern: Katy Ornaments Pattern No: 6080 Date of bowl: circa 1929 – circa 1930   Notes: Most commonly referred to as Katy Ornaments, this stock pattern was a popular Art Nouveau pattern made by many manufacturers. The versions made by both Syracuse, called Thebes, REVISIT and Shenango are known to have

Manufacturer: Shenango China Stock Pattern: Katy Ornaments Date of creamer: 1954-63 Notes: Most commonly referred to as Katy Ornaments, this stock pattern was a popular Art Nouveau pattern made by many manufacturers. The version made by Shenango is known to have been used by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad, hence the name, Katy Ornaments.

Manufacturers: Jackson China and Wellsville China User: Kapok Tree Inn Date of Jackson plate: 1973 Date of Wellsville plate: 1959 – 1969   Notes: In 1958, Richard B. Baumgardner opened the 200-seat Kapok Tree Inn restaurant in Clearwater, Florida. Built next to a huge kapok tree planted by Nurseryman Robert Hoyt

Manufacturer: Greenwood Pottery User: Believed to be the K-9 Club Distributor: Burley & Company, Hotel Dept., Chicago Date of plate: 1910 -1915   Notes: The K-9 Club was located at 105 E. Walton Place, Chicago, Ill., referenced in this online Chicagomag.com article, The Gay '30s. According to a 1932 Time magazine story, the

Manufacturer: TEPCO Pattern Name: Rick Rack No. 1 Date of creamer: 1931 – 1968   Note: This ID is based on a 1970s-era TEPCO catalog that also shows a similar, slightly more complex rim wave design dubbed Rick Rack No. 2. White background with airbrushed dark green wavy rim design. Similar

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Juvenile Duck Series, Shadowtone #116 Date of plate with embossed rim: 1952 Date of plate with plain rim: 1962   Notes: This pattern was typically found on the following Syracuse Juvenile Plate (with embossed alphabet rim), the Juvenile Bowl and the Juvenile Mug. The pattern was

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern name: Juniper – Maychrome Pattern P-7480 Date of cup: 1960   Notes: This pattern is found on page 65 in Mayer China Company's 1955-56 Price Schedules. White background with airbrushed dark green wavy rim design. Similar patterns were produced by other manufacturers with airbrushed waves, crests, scrolls

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Jungle Country Club Hotel Date of cup and saucer: 1930   Notes: One of the finest of the boom era hotels in St. Petersburg, FL, this 100-room Mediterranean Revival style structure opened in 1925. It boasted an 18-hole golf course with the first tee at the front