Manufacturers: Jackson China, Bailey-Walker China User: Piccaninny Barbecue, Chicago Dates: Bailey-Walker platter, 1940; Jackson mug, 1930-1946   Notes: This mug and platter were used at the Piccaninny Barbecue in Chicago, with several locations variously identified in their ads as being on Madison at Hamlin Street (or Hamlin and Madison or

Manufacturers: Arzberg China and Rosenthal China User: Lufthansa Senator Date of examples: circa 1958 – 1960s   Notes: Lufthansa Senator Luxury Non-Stop Service began in November 1958, between Hamburg, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and New York. Senator flights were extremely popular with world-famous transatlantic travelers. Senator flights offered an on-board chef preparing

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Thayer Hotel – West Point, New York Date of examples: circa 1943 – 1950s   Notes: The six-story, 225-room Thayer Hotel opened May 27, 1926, in West Point, New York. It is located at 674 Thayer Road on the US Military Academy, better known as West

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Thayer Hotel – West Point, New York Date of service plate: circa 1926   Notes: The six-story, 225-room Thayer Hotel opened May 27, 1926, in West Point, New York. It is located at 674 Thayer Road on the US Military Academy, better known as West Point.

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Thayer Hotel – West Point, New York Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of examples: circa 1926 – 1932   Notes: The six-story, 225-room Thayer Hotel opened May 27, 1926, in West Point, New York. It is located at 674 Thayer Road on the US Military

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Pattern name: Princess – Underglaze Print Pattern 6056 Date of celery dish: circa 1930s-1952   Notes: From The Steel Zipper website: "The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was formed in 1914 as a direct result of a bitter union strike in

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: The New Monterey Hotel – Asbury Park, New Jersey Distributor: Duparquet Date of examples: circa 1930 – 1941   Notes:  The six-story, 350-room New Monterey Hotel opened June 29, 1912, in Asbury Park, New Jersey. It was located directly on the boardwalk at 6th Avenue and

Manufacturers: Scammell China and Sterling China User: Terrace Plaza Hotel – Cincinnati, Ohio Date of examples: circa 1948 – 1972   Notes: The 20-story Terrace Plaza, at 15 W 6th Street, between Vine & Race in Cincinnati, opened July 19,1948. It was the first hotel designed by the now-prominent architects

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: The Tavern – Mansfield, Massachusetts Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury & Company Date of example: circa 1908 – 1924   Notes: Walter M. Lowney founded the Lowney Candy Company in Boston in 1883. In 1903, Lowney built a six-story chocolate factory in Mansfield. The Tavern, a 3 1/2

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Sweet Hotels Company Date of examples: circa 1924 – 1946   Notes: John S. Sweet had been in the hotel business for years when he founded the Sweet Hotels Company around 1920. Sweet Hotels leased and operated hotels in Kansas and Missouri. It was still operating

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Stanhope Hotel – New York, New York Distributor: Nathan Straus & Sons Date of plate: circa 1926 – 1936   Notes: The Hopestand Realty Company built the 15-story Stanhope Hotel on the corner of 5th Avenue and 81st Street in New York City. When it opened

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Standish Hall – New York, New York Distributor: E. Kronman, Inc. Date of plate: 1923   Notes: The 15-story Hotel Standish Hall, at 45 W 81st Street in New York City, opened in 1923 as an apartment hotel. It contained around 300 one – and

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Stafford – Baltimore, Maryland Date of example: circa 1916 – 1924   Notes: The 11-story Hotel Stafford, at Charles and Madison Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, opened November 5, 1894. It had about 140 guest rooms. The main dining room was located on the first floor,

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Stafford – Baltimore, Maryland Date of examples: circa 1900 – 1924   Notes: The 11-story Hotel Stafford, at Charles and Madison Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, opened November 5, 1894. It had about 140 guest rooms. The main dining room was located on the first floor,

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Stafford – Baltimore, Maryland Date of matchstand: circa 1916 – 1924   Notes: The 11-story Hotel Stafford, at Charles and Madison Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, opened November 5, 1894. It had about 140 guest rooms. The main dining room was located on the first floor,

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China User: Stacy-Trent Hotel – Trenton, New Jersey Date of examples: circa 1921 – 1935   Notes: The Stacy-Trent Hotel, on the corner of State and Willow Streets in Trenton, New Jersey, was named for Mahion Stacy, the first settler, and William Trent, who laid

Manufacturer: Tatler Decorating Company User: Stacy-Trent Hotel – Trenton, New Jersey Date of service plate: circa 1937 – 1943   Notes: The Stacy-Trent Hotel, on the corner of State and Willow Streets in Trenton, New Jersey, was named for Mahion Stacy, the first settler, and William Trent, who laid out the

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China User: Stacy-Trent Hotel – Trenton, New Jersey Date of service plate: circa 1921 – 1935   Notes: The Stacy-Trent Hotel, on the corner of State and Willow Streets in Trenton, New Jersey, was named for Mahion Stacy, the first settler, and William Trent, who

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: St. Marks Avenue Hotel – Brooklyn, New York Distributor: Frederick Loeser & Company Date of bread tray: circa 1900 – 1916   Notes: St. Mark's Avenue Hotel was located on the corner of St. Mark's, Bedford, and Rogers Avenue, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn,

Manufacturers: Bauscher China and Maddock Pottery User: The St. James Hotel – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Distributors for Maddock: John Wanamaker, Wright, Tyndale & Van Roden Date of examples: circa 1901 – 1924   Notes: The 13-story St. James Hotel, on the corner of Walnut and 13th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: The St. James Hotel – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Distributor: Strawbridge & Clothier Date of matchstand: circa 1901 – 1924   Notes: The 13-story St. James Hotel, on the corner of Walnut and 13th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened in 1901. An addition in 1904, doubled its size

Manufacturer: Bauscher China User: Shoreham Hotel – Washington, D.C. Date of examples: circa 1913   Notes: The original Shoreham Hotel opened 1889, on the corner of 15th and H Streets, NW in Washington, D.C. After an addition in 1892, it was an eight-story hotel with 250 rooms. It closed in

Manufacturers: Black Knight China, Scammell China, and Syracuse China User: Shoreham Hotel – Washington D.C. Distributor for Black Knight: Walter M. Ballard Company Date of examples: circa 1930 – 1980s   Notes: The nine-story, 800-room Shoreham Hotel opened October 30, 1930. It is located on Connecticut Avenue at 2500 Calvert

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Shoreham Hotel – Washington D.C. Date of service plate: circa 1930 – 1954   Notes: The nine-story, 800-room Shoreham Hotel opened October 30, 1930. It is located on Connecticut Avenue at 2500 Calvert Street, NW in Washington, D.C. The main dining room was 92' by 40',

Manufacturer:  Scammell China User: Sherry-Netherland Hotel – New York, New York Date of soup plate: circa 1927 – 1954   Notes: The 37-story Sherry-Netherland Hotel, on the corner of 5th Avenue and 59th Street in New York City, opened November 1, 1927. It was originally designed as a hotel, but

Manufacturer:  Walker China User: Sherry-Netherland Hotel – New York, New York Date of creamer: circa 1956 – 1960s   Notes: The 37-story Sherry-Netherland Hotel, on the corner of 5th Avenue and 59th Street in New York City, opened November 1, 1927. It was originally designed as a hotel, but a

Manufacturer:  Black Knight, Hutschenreuther China User: Sherry-Netherland Hotel – New York, New York Date of examples: circa 1927 – 1940   Notes: The 37-story Sherry-Netherland Hotel, on the corner of 5th Avenue and 59th Street in New York City, opened November 1, 1927. It was originally designed as a hotel,

Manufacturers: Bauscher China and Scammell China User: Sherry-Netherland Hotel – New York, New York Distributor: Joseph Heinrichs Corporation Date of examples: circa 1927 – 1928   Notes: The 37-story Sherry-Netherland Hotel, on the corner of 5th Avenue and 59th Street in New York City, opened November 1, 1927. It was

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Shenandoah Hotel – Martinsburg, West Virginia Date of service plate: circa 1926 – 1954   Notes: The Shenandoah, on the corner of Queen and Martin Streets in Martinsburg, West Virginia, opened February 25, 1926. The five-story, 104-room hotel was financed by a group of 712 community

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China User: Shelburne Hotel – Atlantic City, New Jersey Distributor: John Wanamaker Date of examples: circa 1900 – 1940   Notes: The Shelburne House, on Michigan Avenue near the beach in Atlantic City, opened before 1869. It was a three-story wooden structure with a railed