Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Mayflower Date of plate: 1936 Date of grill plate: circa 1930s – 1952   Notes: Mayflower is assumed to be a pattern designed by Paul C. Mattson, because it is among the collection of his daughter, Judy Reed. Also above, are photos of the five-section

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Name of pattern: Hyde Park – Underglaze Print Pattern 6039 Date of examples: circa 1930s – 1952   Notes: The blue pattern tends to look blurred, similar to a flow blue although certainly a different process. A variation is shown above in dark green, and you can

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: Bookbinder's Restaurant – Philadelphia, Penn. Date of example: circa 1932 – 1954   Notes: Samuel Bookbinder founded an oyster bar in 1865 (Some sources say 1875, because Samuel was born in 1854). In 1898, Bookbinder moved to 125 Walnut Street, near the Delaware River.

Manufacturer: Homer Laughlin China Name of user: Bookbinder's Restaurant – Philadelphia, Penn. Date of examples: circa 1932 – 1954   Notes: Samuel Bookbinder founded an oyster bar in 1865 (Some sources say 1875, because Samuel was born in 1854). In 1898, Bookbinder moved to 125 Walnut Street, near the Delaware

Manufacturers: Iroquois China, Sterling China, Syracuse China Name of user: Bookbinder's Restaurant – Philadelphia, Penn. Date of example: circa 1932 – 1954   Notes: Samuel Bookbinder founded an oyster bar in 1865 (Some sources say 1875, because Samuel was born in 1854). In 1898, Bookbinder moved to 125 Walnut Street,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Mystery Topmark: BMC MBC BCM Date of examples: circa 1930s – 1950s   Notes: We have no clue about this handsome shield-shaped topmark or even for sure what letter should come first. If you have any information or random guesses, we'd love to hear from you.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Horse & Carriage – Mystery Pattern Date of examples: circa 1930s   Notes: No information is known about this pattern. The name is descriptive and is definitely not the pattern name. With the appearance of the same coach-and-four pattern on the Glo-Tan gravy, also shown above,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Mystery Maple Leaf Date of cup: 1944   Notes: Unknown banquet weight teacup from 1944 with a burgundy maple leaf design that seems like more of a custom than stock design. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Z Date of creamer: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: This small creamer topmarked with a floral wreath and a Z is a mystery to us. Distributor was Mutual China Co., located in Indianapolis. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: William Newton Memorial Hospital Date of plate: 1952   Notes: From the hospital's website, William Newton, an entrepreneur, died in 1924 and left his estate to the City of Winfield, Kansas, for the construction of a public hospital. William Newton Memorial Hospital – now William Newton

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: White Knight Nickel Sandwich System Date of cup: 1940   Notes: According to a small amount of information on the Internet, the White Knight Nickel Sandwich System/Shops were started in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1936, by husband-and-wife Allen David Strahm and Katherine Margaret Strahm. From "Selling 'em

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: White Clock System Date of shard: circa 1941 – 1952   Notes: This is a shard that was dug from the Carr plant. Based on Internet archives, we believe it was ordered for the White Clock System, with locations in Arlington, N.J. and Bloomfield, N.J., in

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: West Virginia State Seal – Green Date of examples: Bowl – 1936 Jelly Dish – 1939   Notes: The West Virginia State Seal is most commonly found in black on a Glo-Tan background, so both of these pieces – both made in 1930s – are a

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Weingarten's Pattern: Erwin Date of creamer: circa 1940s – 1952   Notes: From the Wikipedia: "Weingarten's was a supermarket chain in the Southern United States until it was acquired by Safeway in 1983. J. Weingarten, Inc. had its headquarters in what is now the East End

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Weaver's Pattern Name: Unknown – Underglaze Print Pattern #6003 Date of bowl: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: This bowl came from a seller in Knoxville, Tenn., who believed that this was used at Herbert Weaver's Cafe on Union Avenue in Knoxville. Contributors: Susan and Ed

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Waverly Masonic Lodge #51 Date of plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: From its website, "Waverly Lodge No. 51 Free and Accepted Masons was organized April 25, 1854 under the dispensation of Grand Master Henry L. Palmer and was officially Chartered June 14, 1854.

Manufacturers: Carr China Company and Jackson China User: Waverly Hills Sanatorium Pattern: Portland (Underglaze Print Pattern #6010) Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: This is the Portland pattern on the plate's rim (Underglaze Print Pattern 6010) with the WHS logo in a marquise shape. With many thanks to Melanie Sinnock, museum

Manufacturer: Iroquois China and McNicol China Name of user: Weber Duck Inn – Wrentham, Mass. Distributor (for McNicol): Morris Gordon & Son Inc. Date of Iroquois demi cup and saucer: 1928 Date range of McNicol demi cup: circa 1931-1942 (the year the inn closed)     Notes: Weber Duck Inn

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Washington Firehouse Distributor: Fisher, Bruce & Company – Philadelphia Date of examples: Unknown   Notes: Believed to be from a Washington County, Penn., firehouse, based on first-hand account from the seller. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Walter Powers Co. Date of plate: 1935 Date of mug: 1936   Notes: We haven't found a definite ID on this Walter Powers Co. china, but everything points to a location in Chicago. There were numerous want ads in the 1943 Chicago Tribune for "Counter

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Walsh's Date of platter: Unknown   Notes: This is a different coloration of the Princess pattern than is usually seen: brown on Glo-Tan. Our best guess for the ID of Walsh's, based only on proximity to West Virginia and the timing, is that it was

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Walker Bros. Date of creamer: Unknown   Notes: Walker Brothers was a popular business in the Detroit area that offered catering in addition to its at least 14 restaurants. "The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 3" includes information on the founding of Walker Bros. and

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Blue Fox restaurant – San Francisco Date of Scammell example: circa 1946 – 1954   Notes: 17-year-old Mario Mondin, a native of Venice, Italy, came to San Francisco in 1929. He found employment as a restaurant bus boy, then as a bartender at Bimbo Guintoli's Bimbo's

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Blue Fox restaurant – San Francisco Date of Scammell example: February 1957   Notes: 17-year-old Mario Mondin, a native of Venice, Italy, came to San Francisco in 1929. He found employment as a restaurant bus boy, then as a bartender at Bimbo Guintoli's Bimbo's 365 Club.

Manufacturer: Scammell China and Sterling China User: Blue Fox restaurant – San Francisco Date of Scammell example: circa 1942 – 1954 Date of Sterling example: 1962   Notes: 17-year-old Mario Mondin, a native of Venice, Italy, came to San Francisco in 1929. He found employment as a restaurant bus boy,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Hotel Virginia Distributor: Dulin & Martin Co. – Washington, D.C. Date of platter: circa 1916 – 1929   Notes: The Hotel Virginia was built in 1847 on the corner of South New and Johnson streets in Staunton, Virginia. During the Civil War it served as the

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: University of Virginia Rotunda Date of plate: 1946   Notes: We have an ashtray that was made for the University of Virginina, located in Charlottesville, but we're not sure if this pattern was ever produced. We purchased several plates with this rim, 1946 date and topmarks in

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: United Spanish War Veterans – USWV Date of pasta plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: From the Wikipedia, the initials U.S.W.V. stands for United Spanish War Veteran that "was an American veterans' organization which consisted of veterans of the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War and

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: U.S. Veterans Bureau Date of open sugar: circa 1920s – 1930   Notes: Plain sugar bowl is marked on the backstamp for the U.S. Veterans Bureau. It was one of three agencies that was consolidated in 1921 to become the Veterans Bureau and by 1930,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: U.S. Navy Vice Admirals Mess Distributor: James M. Shaw – New York Date of pasta plate: 1930   Notes: From The Pirates Lair, this bowl would have been the china glazed as the personal china for 3-star vice admirals – the 3-star vice admirals mess.