Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: Prael Hegele & Co. User: Swetland's, Portland, Oregon Date of example: Circa 1909-1924   Notes: Edwin Payson Swetland was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1842. He learned the candy business from his father. In 1885, Edwin, his wife, Laura, and son Louis, moved to Portland. In 1886, he opened

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: St. Hubert Old English Grill, Chicago Date of platter: circa 1926-1930   Notes: St. Hubert was founded by an English gentleman and first named Abson's in 1877. In 1893, Charles A. Dawell, who had worked there as a busboy, along with James Gentleman and a couple of other investors,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Montreal Canadiens Distributor: Cassidy's Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada Date of examples: 1959   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Montreal Canadiens … and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Coho, also known as The Coho Grille Date of plate: April 1982   Notes: In the early 1980s, the Rouse Company developed a festive, riverside marketplace for New Yorkers based on its previous successes: Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, and Harborplace in Baltimore. The South

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Frontier Town, also known interchangeably as Frontier Town Inn Date of china: 1960 and 1965   Notes: What was intended to be the El Sol Garden Motel with a September 1959 opening and having reclaimed – and moved – buildings from the former Santa Lucia Inn

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Ships Cafe, Des Moines, Iowa Distributor: Jacklin Co. Des Moines, Iowa Date of platter: 1927-1930   Notes: On Sept. 2, 1925, the Ships Cafe opened in the basement of the Harris-Emery Co. department store in Des Moines. Harris-Emery merged with Yonker Brothers in 1927. In February 1927,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Park Lane #99901 Date of examples: 1950s – 1960s   Notes: Enduringly popular, Park Lane and its clean white apple blossom design was one of Syracuse's Hospitality Group patterns. It was identified in Barbara Conroy's 1999 Restaurant China Volume 2 guide, and the author mentioned

Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Boston Lying-In Hospital Distributor: Morris Gordon & Son, Inc., Boston Date of plate: circa 1921 – 1966   Notes: Originally founded in 1832, after numerous expansions, relocations and mergers, the Boston Lying in Hospital is today (2026) part of and known as the Brigham and Women's

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: White Elephant Hotel Dates of examples: Doubled handled soup bowl: 1936 Soup plate and service plate: 1963   Notes: The White Elephant Hotel is located at 50 Easton Street in Nantucket, Massachusetts.  Originally built in the early 1920s, it has been sold and remodeled numerous times. 

Manufacturer: Scammell China Distributor: Barth Equipment Co., New York City User: Ship Grill Restaurants Date of examples: circa 1928-54   Notes: Born Feb. 21, 1901, Olin Chester Potter graduated from Cornell University in 1922 and then studied interior design for two years in New York City. In 1924, Potter began organizing

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Sharf's Restaurant Pattern name: St. Marie, underglaze transfer print pattern, #6259 Date of butter pat: 1930s – 1948   Notes: No so-called smoking gun has been found to tie this butter pat directly to Sharf's Restaurant in Phoebus, Virginia – now part of the present-day city

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Rampart Steak House Date of bowl: circa 1967 – 1968   Notes: The Rampart Steak House was located at 2031 N.E. 36th Street, Lighthouse Point, Florida. It opened in 1967 under the Shendo of America banner, an organization that already had two other steak houses in

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Laughery Club  Date of examples: circa 1900 – 1911   Notes: The Laughery Club was located on the Indiana side of the Ohio River about halfway between Rising Sun and Aurora, almost opposite Laughery Island and near Laughery Creek. In actuality, the closest big city is

Manufacturer: Petrus Regout & Co., / Royal Sphinx – Maastricht, Netherlands User: d' Amstelhoek Date of plate: probably 1950s   Notes: Little is known about the Café d' Amstelhoek, a restaurant located in Amsterdam that seems to have been in business possibly from the late 19th century and, based on the

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Arctic Club, Seattle Distributor: J. B. & Sons, Inc., Seattle Date of creamer: 1918   Notes: The Arctic Club was formed in 1908 by successful veterans of the Klondike Gold Rush. It was a fraternal men's club, in Seattle, for businessmen with Gold Rush connections. The

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Idle Hour Country Club, Lexington, Kentucky Date of plate: 1982   Notes: According to the club's website, the Idle Hour Country Club was founded on Nov. 19, 1946 in Lexington, Kentucky, as an invitation-only club, with "clubhouse, dining facilities, golf course, tennis courts, fitness center, and

Manufacturer: Scammell China Distributor: Star Products Co., Wilkes-Barre, Penn. User: Rushin's Forest Hills Inn Date of examples: circa 1935 -1954   Notes: The earliest known advertisement for Rushin's appears in the Aug. 3, 1935, issue of the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. In a Sept. 7, article the next month, proprietor Andrew Rushin

Manufacturers: Sterling China and Hall China User: Country Kitchens Date of examples: circa 1930s – 1950s   Notes: According to an article by William Collins in the July 18, 1957, edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer, "Big Bill" Johnson came to Cincinnati, Ohio, when he was 14 after trying to join

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Preketes Bros., Ann Arbor, Michigan Date of example : circa 1941 – 1954   Notes: Paul N. Preketes arrived in Ann Arbor from his native Greece in 1904. His brother Charles joined him, and together they opened the Sugar Bowl candy store, at 111 S. Main St., in

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Pennsbury Inn, Morrisville, Penn. Date of examples: circa 1952-1954   Notes: The Pennsbury Inn was built of blue granite fieldstone in 1714 on what was then known as the Baltimore Pike (now U.S. 1). The building has survived and had many owners, and exactly when the more modern restaurant

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hochschild Kohn Department Stores Date of examples: 1911-1954   Notes: Hochschild Kohn & Co. was one of Baltimore's major department stores, founded in 1897 by Max Hochschild and brothers Benno and Louis B. Kohn and incorporated in 1922. According to the Wikipedia, they opened their "downtown-Baltimore store

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Hochschild Kohn Department Stores Date of examples: 1911-1954   Notes: Hochschild Kohn & Co. was one of Baltimore's major department stores, founded in 1897 by Max Hochschild and brothers Benno and Louis B. Kohn and incorporated in 1922. According to the Wikipedia, they opened their "downtown-Baltimore store

Manufacturer: John Maddock and Sons – England User: Original Emporium Bakery Distributor: Nathan Dohrman Co.  – San Francisco Date of creamer: circa 1896   Notes: In 1896, Adolph (and possibly his brother Gustav) Siebrecht opened the Original Emporium Restaurant and Bakery at the corner of Ellis and Jones Street in

Manufacturer: Walker China User: Alsonett Hotels Date of plate: 1952   Notes: Alsonett Hotels, with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a prominent hotel chain in the mid-20th century that operated hotels in Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas during the 1950s and

Manufacturers: Scammell and Bauscher Customer: Old Heidelberg Distributors: L. B. Herbst, Scammell; Arthur Schiller & Son, Bauscher Date of examples: 1933 – 1953   Notes: The five Eitel brothers arrived in Chicago around 1890 from their native Stuttgart, Germany. In 1893, they opened their first hotel near the Chicago World's Fair. In

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Saturn Club Date of examples: circa 1890s – 1911   Notes: The Saturn Club was founded on Oct. 21, 1885, by 12 young men in Buffalo, N.Y., headed by Carleton Sprague. In reality, it was actually 13 guys who had been invited to that first organizational

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Saturn Club Pattern: Underglaze decalcomania number 63102 Date of examples: circa 1924   Notes: The Saturn Club was founded on Oct. 21, 1885, by 12 young men in Buffalo, N.Y., headed by Carleton Sprague. In reality, it was actually 13 guys who had been invited to

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Saturn Club Date of examples: Cups: late 1950s – circa 1980s; plate, bowl: 1954   Notes: The Saturn Club was founded on Oct. 21, 1885, by 12 young men in Buffalo, N.Y., headed by Carleton Sprague. In reality, it was actually 13 guys who had been

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Saturn Club Date of soup plate: 1922   Notes: The Saturn Club was founded on Oct. 21, 1885, by 12 young men in Buffalo, N.Y., headed by Carleton Sprague. In reality, it was actually 13 guys who had been invited to that first organizational meeting, but

Manufacturers: Fraureuth (Germany), Scammell, Fraunfelter User: Oetjen's Restaurant, Brooklyn, New York Date of examples: Fraureuth bowl, circa 1899-1926; Scammell demi cup, circa 1925 to 1940; Fraunfelter platter, circa 1924-1939   Notes: In 1904, brothers William and Harry Oetjen opened their restaurant at Church and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn, which seated 35 guests. They