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.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: United States Lighthouse Service Date of soup tureen: 1935   Notes: From the Wikipedia: "The United States Lighthouse Service, also known as the Bureau of Lighthouses, was the agency of the US Federal Government and the General Lighthouse Authority for the United States from the time

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: U.S. Army Yankee Division 26th Infantry Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: This plate with its YD monogram was used by the United States Army's 26th Infantry Yankee Division. According to the wikipedia, the 26th Infantry Yankee Division was a formation of the Massachusetts Army National

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Cheley Colorado Camps – Land O' Peaks Ranch Date of cup: 1950   Notes: The Land O'Peaks Ranch is headquarters for most of the "camp units" for Cheley Colorado Camps, located near Estes Park in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. From the website: "Cheley Colorado Camps was founded in

Manufacturer: Sterling China Name of user: A Bit of Sweden Date of plate: 1969   Notes: The first mention found of A Bit of Sweden (formerly Del Bello Inn), located on Route 9-W in Stony Point, New York, was in a series of ads that began on Jan. 19, 1950,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: 152nd Infantry Regiment – Indiana Date of bowl: 1941   Notes: Per the wikipedia, the 152nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the Indiana Army National Guard. Among its active dates were 1941-1945, which would include the 1941 date on the backstamp of this small

  Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: U.S. Army 107th Cavalry, I Company Date of cup: 1938   Notes: This cup, from 1938, was made for the U.S. Army's 107th Cavalry, I Company, that was headquartered at this time in Cleveland, Ohio, and part of the National Guard. The 107 and I

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: United Soda Date of examples: Unknown   Notes: We believe this mug and hot chocolate cup were manufactured for the United Soda Fountain Co. of Boston. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Ulen Country Club Distributor: Mutual China Date of plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: Ulen Country Club was founded in 1924 by Henry Ulen and is located in Lebanon, Indiana. Note that the Cs in the logo are golf clubs. Mutual China, the distributor, was

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: U.B. Date of examples: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: We have absolutely no clues as to the customer for this china. Perhaps a bank? What's especially interesting is that the U is smaller than the B. It will no doubt make sense when and if

Manufacturers: Carr China Company and Sylvia China User: Travelers Lunch Date of saucer: Unknown   Notes: This saucer is beaten up but includes a couple of interesting mysteries. The design on the front is clearly the Sylvia pattern, #6028, if it was made by Carr China. We've found other patterns called

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Name of border pattern: Sylvia – Underglaze Print Pattern 6028 Date of examples: circa 1920s – 1930s     Notes: Just added to our collection, above, this beautiful Fast Stand Sauce Boat in the Sylvia pattern, as shown in Carr's 1934 catalog. And also, above the pattern

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Times Square Cafeteria Date of bowl: 1948   Notes: The best guess for this restaurant, based on very limited information, is 633 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida. That's based on a matchbook for sale online. And there is a mention of it in "Beyond the

Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China User: Teopas and Manton Date of plate: circa 1924-34   Notes: Very little could be found about Teopas & Manton, but it was a confectionery located in downtown Toledo, Ohio, owned in part by a James Teopas of Toledo, as well as T. F. Butler Jr., L.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: SVCC Date of celery dish: 1948   Notes: We thought this was a country club till we saw that mark behind the last C. If it's an O, then the monogram might stand for SVC Company. Otherwise, our best guess is a country club. Contributors:

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Tonkawa Lodge #157 Distributor: James China Co. – Kansas City Date of celery dish: Unknown   Notes: Tonkawa Lodge #157 is located in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: C.I. Thornburg Co. Date of matchstand: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From The C.I. Thornburg Co., Inc. website, the business was founded in 1931 by Charles Irving Thornburg in Huntington, W.V., as a fire sprinkler contractor, and a sprinkler is depicted on the Glo-Tan matchstand.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Topsham Grange No. 37 Date of creamer: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From the Wikipedia, "The Grange, officially referred to as The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, is a fraternal organization in the United States that encourages families to band together

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: The Triangle Diner Date of shard: Unknown   Notes: This is a shard that was dug from the Carr plant, made for The Triangle Diner in Winchester, Va. The restaurant was locately due east — but over a torturously twisty mountain drive — from the pottery.

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Syracuse China User: Black's Restaurant – Pittsburgh, Penn. Date of examples: circa 1903 – 1923   Notes: Charles S. Black (1857 – 1945) was born in Pittsburgh, worked for the Assessor's Office, then the Postal Service, before being elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1897.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Terminal Inn Date of creamer: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: We have no proof as to where this topmarked creamer was used, but our best guess is the Terminal Inn, located in Sandusky, Ohio. Located on Lake Erie, Sandusky has served as a port and

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Tavern on the Green Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From the Wikipedia: Tavern on the Green, located in Central Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City, was "originally the sheepfold that housed the sheep that grazed Sheep Meadow …

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: YMCA Date of mug: Unknown   From Wikipedia: "YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. It was

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: YMCA Distributor: The Stearnes Co. – Chicago Date of open sugar: circa 1920s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: A Bit of Sweden Restaurant – Chicago, Illinois Distributor: American China & Glassware Co. Date of plate: circa 1940s – 1954   Notes: A Bit of Sweden opened in 1926 at 1011 Rush Street, in Chicago. According to an article about a women's club event, in

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: YMCA Date of examples: circa 1930s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. It

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Sunny Croft Country Club Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: Sunny Croft Country Club opened in 1934 and is located in Clarksburg, W.V. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Sun Oil Co. Date of examples: circa 1930s – 1940s   Notes: From the wikipedia, Sun Oil Co. was in business from 1920 to 1976 as what is now Sunoco Inc. It was preceded by Sun Company Inc. from 1886 to 1920. "Sunoco is one

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Stevens Brothers Cafe Date of fruit bowl: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: Nothing has been found about this restaurant yet. The fruit bowl is very heavy for its size and seems like an old piece of Carr China. The distributor was H & R Supply