Brown's Candies was located in Detroit, Michigan, around the turn of the 20th century.

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Carder's Restaurant Date of plate: 1939-1948   Notes: This design with its bold black and bright green and silhouette of a woman in flapper hat was first used at Julia King's Tea Rooms and Candies with three locations in Chicago. After her death, the business was

Manufacturer: Unknown – Germany User: Great Northern Railway Pattern Name: Hill Distributer: Burley & Company – Chicago Date of celery dish: circa 1891-1907   Notes: From Wikipedia, "The Great Northern Railway … was an American Class I railroad. Running from Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, it was the creation

Manufacturer: T & R Boote, England User: Boston City Hospital Pattern: Campania Date of butter pat: circa 1890-1906   Notes: Per the Wikipedia, Boston City Hospital opened in 1864 to serve primarily indigent patients and in 1996 merged with Boston University Medical Center to become Boston Medical Center. The Campania

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Daughters of America Date of cup: Circa 1925-1930   Notes: From the Wikipedia, "The Daughters of America is an American secret society, Nativist organization dating from the late-19th century. It was founded in 1891 as an auxiliary of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Since

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: The Royal Tailors Chicago-New York Distributor: Albert Pick & Company Date of bowl: 1901-1926 Notes: A company that obviously did not shy away from advertising and self-promotion as shown by the photos above of a logoed lighted sign, discount coin and sample book, The Royal Tailors,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway for dining car service of the George Washington train Name of pattern: George Washington-Service Date of plate: circa 1932-1950's   Notes: From Wikipedia: "When the George Washington was inaugurated as C&O's top-notch train on April 30, 1932, it was one of only

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Seattle Yacht Club Distributor: Greene-Winkler, Seattle, Wash. Date of plate: 1920s – early 1950s   Notes: From the Seattle Yacht Club's History page in 2021, "From its shabby beginning at a rickety boathouse dock, Seattle Yacht Club has prevailed over the rough seas of wars and

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Beverly Hills Supper Club Date of plate: 1958   Notes: According to the Wikipedia,  The Beverly Hills Supper Club was located just outside Cincinnati, and "booked its entertainers from Las Vegas, Nashville, Hollywood, New York, and other show-business hubs. The site had been a popular nightspot

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Order of the Eastern Star Date of creamer: 1950   Notes: The Pennsylvania Order of the Eastern Star held its 56th Annual Grand Convention at Jaffa Mosque in June 1950. Located in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the Jaffa Shrine is a chapter organized under Shriners International. According to Wikipedia, the

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Trammell Hotel & Annex Date of pitcher: 1920s-early 1950s   Notes: Trammell Hotel & Annex, located in Bay Minette, Alabama, can also be found with only one L in Trammell, such as in this 2009 excerpt from Images of America, Baldwin County, by John C. Lewis

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Hilton Hotel – Pittsburgh Date of plate: 1963   Notes: Hilton Hotel Overview  From the Wikipedia,  the Hilton Hotel was planned as a skyscraper for downtown Pittsburgh and ground was broken for it on Sept. 20, 1957, with Conrad Hilton in attendance. It was built on the

Born in New Mexico on Christmas Day in 1887, Conrad Nicholson Hilton became one of America's premier hoteliers as the founder of the Hilton Hotels. The modest start of a vast hotel empire began in 1919, when Conrad Hilton first purchased a two-story, red-brick hotel, known as the Mobley Hotel

Manufacturer: Furnivals User: Hotel Vendome Date of platter: circa 1915   Notes: From the Sarnia Historical Society, the four-story Hotel Vendome was built in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, in 1892 by Laura and Charles Hand. The hotel survived changes in ownership, upgrades, a 1953 tornado that required major repairs, but it was

Manufacturers: Carr China and Warwick China Pattern name: The Ballaret* Line treatment (Carr): L-22 Date of Carr: Circa 1920s – 1930s Date of Warwick: 1912 – circa 1920   Notes: The Ballaret is an enduring mystery among we restaurant ware collectors who happily specialize in the minutiae of the patterns.

Manufacturers: Carr China Pattern name: The Harvard* Line treatment (Carr): L-22 Distributor: Fisher, Price & Co., Philadelphia Date: Circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: The Harvard is a mystery among restaurant ware collectors, along with its three-lined look alike, The Ballaret. The Harvard is a name found backstamped on plain

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: U.S. Naval Academy Pattern name: Malone Date: Estimated circa 1950s   Notes: From the Wikipedia, "The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a federal service academy adjacent to Annapolis, Maryland. Established on 10 October 1845, under Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft,

Manufacturers: Scammell China and Mayer China User: Union Club of the City of New York Date range of Scammell: known use of this backstamp was 1926-28 Date of Mayer: 1961   Notes: From the Wikipedia,  the Union Club is located at 101 E 69th Street in New York City "in

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Trump Taj Mahal Date of service plate: 1989   Notes: The Trump Taj Mahal was located at 1000 Boardwalk Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and opened in 1990. The resort had 1250 guest rooms. According to the Wikipedia, "In 2015, the Taj Mahal admitted to having

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Toy Town Tavern Dates: 1933 and 1934   Notes: The Harvey Toy Town Tavern was a restaurant located on the Enchanted Island at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago 1933-34. The Enchanted Island was five acres of land between the lagoon and lake with a

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Baltimore Mail Line Date of plate: Circa 1930-37   Notes: The Baltimore Mail Line operated steamships from Baltimore and Norfolk, to England, France and Germany. This service, which was associated with the United States Lines during the 1930s, ended operations around 1940. The orange and black

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Joya's Date of soup plate: 1934   Notes: This soup plate came from Joya's, located at 17575 Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, California. This was the movie star Thelma Todd's exclusive, members-only private club that was located above her Sidewalk Café. Thelma Todd was a

Manufacturer: Shenango China User/Pattern: Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRIP) – El Reno Date of platter: 1951   Notes: El Reno, Oklahoma, just west of Oklahoma City, was a major maintenance rail yard and passenger stop for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. White body with dual red lines

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern: Dalton Date: It is not known when the "Design Patented" backstamp was used   Notes: Black art deco pattern on white body, also seen in blue (on a white or tan body) and red (blue on tan and red shown above), or brown. The US Patent Design

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Reading Railroad Pattern: Stotesbury Date of cup & saucer: 1928 – circa 1930   Notes: Involved in the financing and management of a number of America's great railroads, E.T. Stotesbury served as director — and sometimes as an officer — of various railroads starting in the 1880s. As

Manufacturer: Syracuse China and Shenango China Pattern: Prairie-Mountain Wildflowers User: Southern Pacific Lines Date Used: 1930s – 1950s   Notes: Used in the Southern Pacific Lines railroad dining cars, as well as the tea room of the general office building in San Francisco. Syracuse manufactured this copyrighted pattern in both Econo-Rim and

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Violet Border Date of bowl: circa 1904 Date of plate: 1910   Notes: This pattern is identified on page 4 of the book "Syracuse China," by Cleota Reed and Stan Skoczen as an example of Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts Movement patterns on Syracuse China.

Manufacturer: Buffalo China Pattern name: Platinum Blue User: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Distributor: Thompson Winchester Co., Boston Date of bouillon cup: Circa late 1920s-1940s   Notes: This pattern on a dull blue gray clay body was made for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad by both Buffalo

Manufacturer: Buffalo China Pattern name: Platinum Blue User: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Distributor: Thompson Winchester Co., Boston Date of bouillon cup: Circa late 1920s-1940s   Notes: This pattern on a dull blue gray clay body was made for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad by both Buffalo

Manufacturer: Shenango China and Walker (Bailey-Walker) China User: Peter Pan Snack Shops Date of Shenango cup and saucer: 1951 – 1952 Date of Bailey-Walker pieces: 1942 and 1949   Notes: Notes: According to ChicagoTonight, the first Peter Pan Snack Shops opened in Chicago somewhere between 1942 and 1945 (depending on source)