Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Holland House Taverne Date of plate: circa 1940s – early 1950s   Notes: According to an advertisement in the Daily News dated Aril 11, 1940, shown above, the Holland House Taverne opened on that day at 10 Rockefeller Plaza at 48 Street in New York City.

Manufacturers: Mayer China, Sterling China User: Holland House Taverne Date of plate: Mayer: circa early 1940s, Sterling: 1959   Notes: According to an advertisement in the Daily News dated April 11, 1940, shown above, the Holland House Taverne opened on that day at 10 Rockefeller Plaza at 48 Street in

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: The Captain's Table Date of plate: June 1960   Notes: The Captain's Table Restaurant opened in October 1960, on Route 322 east of Clearfield, Pennsylvania.  It was designed and owned by Dennis Boal and his wife. An article in The Progress newspaper (page 1; page 14)

Manufacturers: Jackson China and Shenango China User: Youngstown Club Date of examples: Shenango plate: 1955 Jackson plate: circa 1973 – 1985   Notes: According to an article in the Rust Belt Magazine dated May 28, 2015, The Youngstown Club in Youngstown, Ohio, "was formed in the offices of the Youngstown

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Saltzmann's Plaza Restaurant, Brooklyn, N.Y. Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of example: 1916   Notes: Louis H. Saltzmann was the operator of the Plaza Restaurant at Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, N.Y., which opened in 1916. Occupying three floors, in addition to the restaurant that

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers, Germany User: Niederhoefer's Restaurant Date of examples: circa 1902 – 1913   Notes: Somewhere around 1902 or 1903, John Niederhoefer opened a small, eponymous restaurant/saloon at 320 West Saratoga Street in Baltimore, Maryland, that was initially only 26 by 16 feet. He had been in the saloon/bar

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery, Syracuse China User: Cafe McCormick, 18-20 5th St., Minneapolis, Minn. Distributor: Boutell Bros. Date of examples: 1911- 1917   Notes: Frank McCormick was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1871. When he was 16, he got a job as a bartender and then worked his way up to head bartender

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Brahos Coffee Shop Date of examples: circa 1928 – 1936   Notes: From a story in The Times of Hammond, Indiana, dated March 30, 1937, Peter and Agnes Brahos opened their newly relocated restaurant and coffee shop at 5239 Hohman Avenue. The article states: "The new

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Maxim's, Kenyon Hotel, Salt Lake City Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of examples: 1911-15   Notes: The Kenyon Hotel in Salt Lake City opened in 1899. In 1911, $15,000 was spent creating the Cafe Maxim in the hotel's basement. It opened Sept. 4, 1911. In

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, and Grindley Hotel Ware, England User: Maxim's, New York City Distributor: O'Beirne Bros., New York; Higgins & Seiter, New York City Date of examples: 1908 – 1920   Notes: The May 23, 1908, New York Times contains an article about how Georges Everard, who once owned Maxim's

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user: Planters Hotel, Chicago, Illinois Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of examples: 1911 – 1919   Notes: When the Planters Hotel opened in Chicago in 1911, it had a restaurant that was called "Planters Restaurant" – no apostrophe – that had a public entrance on the right

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Morgan's Restaurant & Lounge Distributor: National Store Fixture Co. – Kansas City, Missouri Date of examples: circa 1960s   Notes: Morgan's Restaurant & Lounge was located at 308 Blue Ridge Boulevard at the corner of Wilson Road in Independence, Missouri.  Eddie Morgan was the host. With

Manufacturer: Wellsville China User(s): El Moroccan Supper Club and Lime House, Brookfield, Wisconsin Distributor: Paul Staub & Son, Milwaukee Date of examples: 1956   Notes: A publication (shown above) put out in 1998 by Elmbrook Historical Society in Brookfield, Wisconsin, gives the history of the building that was located at

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: Marine Fountain Room, Steinbach Department Store, Asbury Park, N.J. Distributor: Steinbach Co. Date of example: 1935 – 1954   Notes: On May 7, 1935, the Steinbach Department Store in Asbury Park, announced the name for their soon-to-open store restaurant. Miss Julia Clark, of Ocean Grove, won

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: Maldaner's Restaurant, Springfield, Illinois Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of example: circa 1924   Notes: John Maldaner (1852-1924) moved to Springfield from Milwaukee with his widowed mother and three siblings in 1866. He was 14, but got a job in a confectionery store where he

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, McNicol China, Walker China Distributor (Maddock): Albert Pick & Co. Name of users: Little Bohemia, 1722 S. Loomis St., Chicago, Illinois Little Bohemia Lodge, Manitowish, Wisconsin Date of examples:  1919 to 1964   Notes: The Little Bohemia restaurant at 18th and Loomis streets in Chicago had a long

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: Matador Room, Stockyard Inn, Chicago Distributor: American China & Glassware Co., Chicago Date of example: 1953   Notes: The original Stockyard Inn was built in 1912 to replace an earlier hotel on the site that had been destroyed by fire The new inn was also destroyed by

Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: Dimmick Inn Date of examples: circa 1940s – early 1960s   Notes: The Dimmick Inn is located at 101 East Harford Street in Milford, Pennsylvania. It was built by Samuel Dimmick (1793 – 1867) and opened in 1828. The original building burned in 1854, and the

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user: Louvre Restaurant, San Francisco, California Date of example: 1904-1906   Notes: The Louvre was in business as early as 1887 and located on the northwest corner of Powell and Eddy streets in San Francisco. In 1892, William Bogen and Jacob Amandus Wilkins were the proprietors, and they

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Scammell China, Syracuse China, Buffalo Pottery Name of user: Locke-Ober, Winter Place, Boston, Massachusetts Distributors: Maddock Lamberton: French Mitchell Woodbury Co. Date of examples: Circa 1902 – 1980s   Notes: Louis Ober was born in 1837 in Alsace, France. In 1851, at age 14, he arrived in New

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Del Monte Pattern Name: Sorrento Date of plate: February 1930   From the Wikipedia:  "The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America. During

Manufacturer: Unknown User: Hotel Del Monte Date of tray: Unknown   From the Wikipedia:  "The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America. During World War II, it closed,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Fort Dearborn Hotel Distributor: Restaurant China Company – Chicago Date of platter: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Fort Dearborn Hotel is a skyscraper and former hotel located at 401 S. Lasalle St. in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The 17-story

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Cameron Trading Post Date of sugar bowl: 1954 Date of platter: 1967   Notes: The Cameron Trading Post in Cameron, Arizona, was established in 1916 by brothers Hubert and C.D. Richardson. According to the trading post's website: "A swayback suspension bridge was erected over the Little Colorado

Manufacturer: Wellsville China Company User: Carl's Duck Farm Date of plate: 1952   Notes: Carl's Duck Farm restaurant was opened in 1936 by Carl DiMauro and was located at 99 Broadway, on the Newburyport Turnpike in Saugus, Massachusetts. An article in The Daily Item of Lynn, Massachusetts, dated Oct. 25, 1945,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Grafton West Virginia Advertising Plate Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Grafton is a city in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 4,729 at the 2020 census. Located along the Tygart Valley River, it

Manufacturer: Langenthal in Switzerland User: Hotel Du Rhone – Geneva, Switzerland Distributor: M. Stieger & Cie – Berne – Lausanne Date of bowl: 1970   Notes: According to an article in the Houston Post dated Feb. 19, 1950, the Hotel Du Rhone in Geneva, Switzerland, was built in 1950 by

Manufacturer: Scammell China, Lamberton China User: LeKas, Peoria, Illinois Date of examples: circa 1925-1940   Notes: LeKas was founded in 1907 in Peoria, Illinois, at 510 Main Street. In 1917, LeKas moved to 422 Main Street. At that time, it was operated as "Illinois Sugar Bowl." The dining room section

Manufacturer: Scammell China, Trenton China User: LeKas, Peoria, Illinois Date of examples: circa 1925-1940   Notes: LeKas was founded in 1907 in Peoria, Illinois, at 510 Main Street. In 1917, LeKas moved to 422 Main Street. At that time, it was operated as "Illinois Sugar Bowl." The dining room section

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Lamb's Cafe, Chicago, Illinois Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of examples: Circa 1910 – 1920   Notes: Lamb's Cafe opened on December 29, 1910, in the basement of Chicago's Ashland Block Building, located at Randolph and Clark streets. William J. "Smiley" Corbett and his business partner, John Wilmes,