Manufacturer: Shenango China
User: Hilton Hotel – Pittsburgh
Date of plate: 1963
Notes: Hilton Hotel Overview
From the Wikipedia, the Hilton Hotel was planned as a skyscraper for downtown Pittsburgh and ground was broken for it on Sept. 20, 1957, with Conrad Hilton in attendance. It was built on the site of Pittsburgh's original "King's Garden" – a vegetable garden for soldiers at nearby Fort Pitt. The hotel opened with a gala – again with Hilton in attendance as well as the governor – on Dec. 3, 1959.
It is now (2021) the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown and is the city's largest hotel with more than 700 rooms a large conference facilities.
The border pattern is a non-metallic gold with modern for its day interlocking HPs. The ID is confirmed by the same border on a plate topmarked: The Pittsburgh Hilton Welcomes Hilton Executives with the H Hilton logo in the center.
For other Hilton Hotel patterns:
Conrad Hilton – Chicago by Sterling
Hilton Hotel 01 by Corning
Hilton Hotel 02 -Tel Aviv, Israel by Rosenthal China
Hilton Hotel 03 by Chinacraft Contracts Assignee
Hilton Hotel 04 -Virgin Isle, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands by Caribe China
Hilton Hotel 05 by Walker China
Hilton Hotel 06 by Corning
Hilton Hotel 07 – Oahu, Hawaii by Bauscher Brothers
Hilton Hotel 08 by Corning
Hilton Hotel 09 – Tokyo, Japan by Noritake
Hilton Hotel 10 by Corning
Hilton Hotel 11 – Curacaco, Netherlands Antilles by Noritake
Hilton Hotel 12 – Rotterdam by Mosa & Royal Sphinx
Minimax by Buffalo China and Syracuse China
Shamrock Hilton – Houston, Texas by Shenango China
Statler Hilton Hotel by Sterling China
ID and photos contributed by Steve Koska