Manufacturers: Bauscher and Maddock Pottery
Name of user: Green Mill Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Date of Maddock examples: Circa 1914 – 1920
Date of Bauscher examples: 1914

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Notes: Around 1907, Charles E. "Pop" Morse opened a saloon in Chicago at the corner of Lawrence Ave. and Broadway. In 1909, it was renamed Hoffman Bros. Saloon, and in 1910, it became Morse's Cafe & Garden.

In 1914, the original structure was torn down and replaced by a large two-story brick complex with an open area beer garden named Green Mill Gardens. Opening night was June 25, 1914.

On January 17, 1920, Prohibition took effect and the Green Mill Gardens operation changed its location, at least on paper.  In 1922, the former open beer garden was roofed over and became a cafe and ballroom with seating for 2,300. On July 14, 1923, the name was changed to Montmartre Cafe.

For more information, refer to Robert Loerzel's murky history of mobsters, gambling and sidestepping Prohibition laws at the Green Mill.

Maddock Pottery produced Trenton China crested with an illustration of a windmill and the name, in green. Red and green pin lines, mid-rim, flank the crest.

Bauscher's china is crested with the same decoration. The 1914 date is included in the Bauscher back stamp.

Sources:
Piecing Together the Green Mill Puzzle, 2024 – history
Wikipedia – history and information

Contributor:
Larry Paul: author