Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: J. Guffanti / Guffanti’s Restaurant Pattern name: Ravenna (REVISIT) Date of platter: 1942   Notes: Described by Rian James in his 1930 “Dining in New York” as “Once the most famous Italian restaurant in all of New York,” Guffanti’s was opened in 1892 by Joseph (Joe)

Manufacturer: Syracuse China and Caribe China (a Sterling China subsidiary located in Puerto Rico) User: White Rabbit Tea Room Date of Syracuse platter: 1946; date of Caribe plate: 1951-1959   Notes: Thanks to Jan Whitaker for putting together this history of the White Rabbit Tea Room on her Restauranting Through

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Westchester Country Club Date of cup and saucer: 1966   Notes: Founded by John Bowman as a luxury resort hotel, golf became the focus in 1922 when two championship courses opened. The Westchester Country Club has been the home of a PGA event since 1963.

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Westbrook Sanatorium Distributor: Ezekeil & Weilman Co., Richmond, VA Date of platter: 1928-circa 1930   Notes: Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond, Va., started in 1911 as a 135-bed hospital for the treatment of nervous and mental disorders and alchoholic and drug habituation as well as a retreat. It was

Manufacturer: Carr China and McNicol China User: West Virginia State Parks Date of pieces, McNicol; 1930s-40s Date of pieces, Carr: 1940s – 1952   Notes: Sets of china with the West Virginia state seal were ordered from Carr China and McNicol China to stock the cabins in the state parks. Certain

Manufacturer: John Maddock & Sons, England User: The West Hotel Date of creamer: circa 1886 – circa 1946   Notes: Located at the Northwest Corner of 3rd and Nebraska streets in downtown Sioux City, Iowa, the West Hotel was originally built as a four-story, twin column hotel in circa 1903. According

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers User: West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden, Indiana Distributor: Arthur Schiller and Son, Chicago Date of plate: 1926 Notes: See the current website for a detailed history of the West Baden Springs Hotel built in 1902. Located in the Hoosier National Forest in south-central Indiana, West Baden Springs and neighboring

Manufacturer: Buffalo China Pattern: Wesley Date of plate: 1915 – 1940s   Notes: Design of teal acanthus leaves on the verge. Photos and ID contributed by Robin

Manufacturer: Mayer China Pattern: Wentworth Date of platter: 1940s – 1950s   Notes: Multicolored flowers with a rust cross-hatched border. Photos contributed by jerseygirl6963

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Wells-Roberts Hotel Coffee Shop Date of creamer: 1940   Notes: The Wells-Roberts Hotel was built in 1927 at 15 North Broadway in Oklahoma City, OK. It eventually became Roberts Hotel. It was destroyed in 1973 and the City Center Building expanded into its land. As a measure

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Wellesley College Date of Platter: 1928 Date of Creamer: 1943   Notes: Located in Wellesley, Mass., the college received its charter March 17, 1870. The motto: "Non Ministrari sed Ministrare" means "not to be ministered unto but to minister." White body, blue, black and tan design of

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Weldon Hotel Rim pattern: Viking Date of plate: 1909   Notes: A 225-room hotel built in Greenfield, Mass., opened circa 1908. First poured concrete hotel in New England. For related info: Roney-Plaza Hotel by Scammell China REVISIT Seven Seas by Syracuse China REVISIT La Salle Hotel 3

Manufacturer: Bedford China, Mayer China, Shenango China, Syracuse China User: Welch's Grape Juice Company Date of mugs: Bedford: 1915-1922 Mayer: circa 1920s-1930s Shenango: 1920s Syracuse: 1922   Notes: What would become Welch's Grape Juice began in 1869 when dentist and Prohibitionist Thomas Bramwell Welch and Charles Welch, his son and also

Manufacturer: Hutschenreuther, Selb, Bavaria User: Webster Hall Hotel Distributor: Albert Pick & Co., Chicago Date of platter: 1926   Notes: The 11-story, 700-room Webster Hall Hotel was designed by Henry Hornbostel with Eric Fischer Wood. Located at 4415 Fifth Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pa., construction on the grand

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Webster #92601 Date of plate: 1941 – 2009   Notes: The Webster pattern was patented in May 1938 by D. Bourne. It was available as both fine china and commercial china. The commercial china pattern was made-to-order in underglaze decoration #92601 until 2009. The Webster fine china, however,

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Weaver's Cafeteria Date of cup: 1968   Notes: Weaver's Cafeteria was located at 3911 East Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, TN.

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Wauregan Date of bowl: November 1907   Notes: Opened in Norwich, CT in 1855 with 100 rooms and increased over the years to 150 rooms. It became welfare housing in the 1960s and closed in 1989. In 1990, there was a fire on the top floor

Manufacturer: Jackson China Co. User: Waumbek Hotel Date of plate: circa 1920s   Notes: One of the five largest "grand hotels" in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Waumbek was located in Jefferson, N.H. and started as a boarding house in 1860 on Starr Mountain. Renovations were made in 1879,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Washington State Normal School – Monroe Hall Border Pattern: Mistic – Underglazed Pattern #70501 REVISIT Distributor: Tull & Gibbs Furniture Store, Spokane, WA Date of plate: Circa 1916 Notes: Originally founded in 1882, as the Cheney Academy with a gift from Benjamin P. Cheney, it became the

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Washington National Airport – Terrace Dining Room Date of plate: 1941   Notes: Construction began in 1940-41 on Washington National Airport, located south of Washington in Arlington, Va. The airport was renamed in 1998 as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Ethel Pilson Warren was the interior designer

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Washington Hotel – Shreveport, LA Date of service plate: 1924   Notes: This 9-story, 250-room hotel opened December 15, 1924 in Shreveport, LA. In 1928, it annexed the older Youree Hotel and became the 450-room Washington-Youree Hotel, home of the Zephyr Room. In 1953, the older Youree

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Washington Hotel – Seattle, WA Date of plate: pre-1920   Notes: James A. Moore, who actually finished the 100-room Washington Hotel on Denny Hill, built a much larger hotel on Second and Stewart streets in Seattle, also naming it the Washington Hotel. The 14-story, 250-room (with bath)

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Washington Athletic Club Date of plate: February 1931   Notes: Opened in 1930, the 12-story building located at 1325 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA, was a luxury hotel complete with an elegant dining room, five floors of exercise facilities and a full-service salon. The logo has the WAC

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Warwick Hotel Date of plate: 1923 – 1927   Notes: Located at West Avenue and 25th Street in Newport News, Virginia. Work on the hotel began in 1882 and was formally opened with a reception for 200 guests on April 11, 1883. The 100-room, four-story hotel is

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: The Warrior Hotel, Sioux City, Nebraska Date of plate: 1928 – 1930   Notes: Constructed as the Fontenelle Hotel in 1930; this 11-story, 250-room hotel was known as The Warrior by the time it opened in 1931. Omaha hotel magnate Eugene C. Eppley purchased The Warrior in

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Warm Friend Tavern Date of bowl: 1960   Notes: From Holland, Michigan’s Facebook page, the Warm Friend Tavern stood on the spot in Holland, Mich., where the City Hotel was built in 1872, to be followed by the construction of the Hotel Holland in 1898. It was razed

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Wardman Park Inn Distributor: James M. Shaw & Co., New York Date of plate: 1918 – 1922   Notes: Located at Connecticut Avenue and Woodley Road in Washington, D.C., construction of The Wardman Park Inn began in 1916 and opened in 1918. It was designed by Frank

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Wardman Park Hotel Date of cup: 1923   Notes: The Wardman Park Hotel, located at 2600 Woodley Rd. N.W. and Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C., was built by real estate developer Harry Wardman. Construction on the building began in 1916 and the original inn opened in 1918.

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Warden Hotels Pattern: Harmony Date of celery tray: 1930s-early 1940s   Notes: As early as 1894, Frank G. Warden was co-proprietor of the Hotel Metropole in Chicago and owner/proprietor of the Warden House in Newark, Ohio. He later expanded into a small hotel chain in the mid-West. By

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Warden's Hotels Date of compote: 1890s – circa 1911   Notes: As early as 1894, Frank G. Warden was co-proprietor of the Hotel Metropole in Chicago and owner/proprietor of the Warden House in Newark, Ohio. He later expanded into a small hotel chain in the mid-West.