Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Van Orman Hotels Company Date candle stick holder: 1930s Notes: This is a chamber stick or candle stick holder for the Van Orman Hotels Company. There were several Van Orman Hotels located in Indiana, Illinois & Ohio, including the Hotel Shawnee in Springfield, OH; the Hotel Nelson

Maufacturer: Unknown, Made in Germany User: Van Nuys Hotel Distributor: Burley & Company Date of match stand: 1914   Notes: The Van Nuys Hotel is located at 103 West Fourth Street, in Los Angeles, Calif. The hotel was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by Morgan & Walls in 1896. It was

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Van Houten's Cocoa Date of cup: 1930s – early 1940s Notes: Father and son, Casparus and Coenraad Johannes Van Houten, respectively, were two of the most important figures in the history of chocolate as we know it today. In 1828, Casparus van Houten Sr. patented an inexpensive

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Van Curler Hotel Date of plate: August 1952   Notes: The 200-room Van Curler Hotel opened in the summer of 1925 in Schenectady, NY and closed February 2, 1968. It was purchased by the Schenectady County Community College and opened it doors as Elston Hall, September

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Van Cleve Hotel Date of service plate: 1951   Notes: The Van Cleve Hotel was located at 36 West First & Ludlow Streets in Dayton, Ohio. The 12-story, 300-room hotel opened January 5, 1928. It was the home of the famous air-conditioned Pine Room, Mayfair Room and

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Van Camp's Date of examples: Circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: The Van Camp's company started as a grocery store operation in 1861 in the Indianapolis, Indiana area by Gilbert and Hester Van Camp. Their son Frank refined the recipe to include tomatoes and sold this product

Manufacturer: Royal Sphinx, Holland User: Valkenburg Dancing Pavillion Date of bouillon cup: circa 1930 – 1958   Notes: The Dancing Pavillon (Dance Hall) in Valkenburg, The Netherlands was in business around the time of World War II; other than that, there's not a whole to be gleaned from the Internet regarding

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Valentine's Fine Foods Date of platter: 1927 – 1948   Notes: Valentine's Fine Foods, Medford, OR

Manufacturer: Johnson Brothers, England Pattern: Valencia Lace Date of open sugar: post-1913   Notes: White embossed body with blue/gray ornamental border design. ID and photos contributed by dbstoneware

Manufacturer: Jackson China User/Pattern Name: Unknown Date of inkwell: 1917 – 1930s   Notes: The initials, from left to right, are W I (or J) F. This shape has not been seen in a catalog or for sale before — a fascinating piece!

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Unknown Designer: Harry G. Aitken Date of plate: 1936   Notes: "Already in process, but not in time to reach the 1937 catalogue, was Harry Aitken's 'Shadowtone' technique of decoration. Aitken, who by this time had headed the decorating department for over thirty years, had always worked

Manufacturer: Scammell China Pattern/User: Unknown Peacock Pattern Distributor: Albert Pick & Company, Chicago Date of service plate: 1890s – circa 1911 Notes: White Body with coin gold bands on rim and verge, and areas of gold on rim. Smoky gray-blue art-nouveau lines and designs on rim; with very detailed peacocks of

Manufacturers: Bailey-Walker China and Shenango China Pattern/User: Unknown Holly Date of bowls: 1933   Notes: This pattern has been seen several times, made by Shenango as well as Bailey-Walker, but nothing is known about its pattern name or where it was used. The examples were part of at least a three-piece

Manufacturer: McNicol China User/Pattern: Unknown Date of platter: circa 1930s – circa 1960s   Notes: White bodied platter with maroon airbrushed rim featuring a hat and a lit cigar.

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User/Pattern: Unknown Date of trays: 1914   Notes: With the outbreak of the First World War, these dogs have evidently been conscripted into the German army to fight for the Kaiser. They are shown doing pull ups under the supervision of an officer and look none to happy

Manufacturer: Walker China User/Pattern Name: Unknown Date of plate: January 1962   Notes: White body with a blue airbrushed band gold inner rim and an unknown "IC" or "CI" left sidemark.

Manufacturer: Wood's England China User: Ontario Agriculture College Distributor: Cassidy's Limited Date of cup & saucer: 1930s – 1960s Notes: https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/about-oac "Established in 1874, OAC is a founding college of the University of Guelph. Today, it includes two campuses located in Guelph, and Ridgetown, Ontario as well as a province-wide

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Unknown Date of plate: 1929 – 1930s   Notes: The R.H.O. portion of the backstamp is unidentified. Cafe Au Lait body with Canada Goose in flight over water against a rising sun.

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Shaker Ridge Country Club Date of plate: 1920s – early 1950s   Notes: From its website, "Shaker Ridge Country Club https://shakerridge.com is a private, member-owned club located in the heart of the Capital District [Albany, N.Y.]. … Established in 1929, Shaker Ridge was originally designed by

Manufacturer: Warwick China Pattern: Crying Pups & Crow (real pattern name unknown) Date of cup: 1946   Notes: Santone Photos contributed by Susan Phillips

Manufacturer: Sterling China User/Pattern Name: Unknown Date of grill plate: January – March 1999 Notes: A children's white body grill plate, featuring colorful cartoon images of a chicken, cow and fish in each divided plate section. Perhaps used in a surf 'n turf themed restaurant?

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Unknown Date of cup & saucer: 1967 – 1968 Notes: White body, gray and yellow stripes, intertwined CCC, also in gray. Photo contributed by reddygal

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Bee Darling (about which nothing is known) Pattern: Stock pattern, #104 Date: Based on shape of sugar and pattern found in Jim Strano's Jackson China book, estimate that it is a pre-1946 piece. Pattern shape: Vienna, covered sugar.   ID and photos contributed by Susan Phillips

Manufacturer: Sterling China User/Pattern name: Unknown Date of plates: 1977   Notes: After hours of research by many RWCN members, this pattern remains a mystery. What is known follows: An ebay seller reported that a stack of these plates was found at the Taxco Salcedo Café, 13127 Garvey Ave., Baldwin Park,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Utica Pattern name: #62101 Utica Date of plate: 1912 – 1946 Notes: The 200-room, 14-story Hotel Utica opened on March 11, 1912 in Utica, N.Y. The Renaissance Revival-style hotel "provides striking views of the Mohawk Valley and its interior boasts rich mahogany woodwork and ornate public spaces."

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Utica Date of Service Plate: 1928   Notes: A service plate for the 200-room, 14-story Hotel Utica located in Utica, NY with a print of N.C. Wyeth's painting, "Return of the Hunter," in the well of the plate. The Utica opened March 11, 1912 and closed

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Utica – Underglaze #62101 Date of demi cup & saucer: 1947   Notes: This is the border pattern used by the Hotel Utica on one of its orders of china. It is not known if it was also a stock pattern that Syracuse sold to other

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Utah Dates of examples: 1911, 1925   Notes: The 500-room Hotel Utah opened June 11, 1911 in Salt Lake City, UT. It closed August 1987 and later became office space for the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS). The shield on the pieces includes a beehive,

Manufacturer: Ridgeway User: University of Western Ontario Date of plate : 1974   Notes: The University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario – now branded as Western University – was founded in 1868 as an Anglican University, becoming non-denominational in 1908. Considered one of Canada's top universities, it has 12 schools

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: University of Redlands Date of plate: 1943   Notes: Located in Redlands, Calif., the school was founded in 1907 by the American Baptist Convention. The first president was Jasper Newton Field, minister of the First Baptist Church in Redlands and instrumental in convincing the convention to locate