Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Pythian Sisters Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: Pythian Sisters is a religious, though non-affiliated, fraternal order. No. 145 denotes the Liberty Temple, in Missouri. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Post Exchange – PX Date of mug: circa 1934-1952   Notes: According to the wikipedia, the term Post Exchange (PX) was the term used by the U.S. Army for its base retail stores, so this mug could have been used at any number of PXs

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Pilgrim Lutheran Church Date of pitcher: 1948   Notes: There are/were Pilgrim Lutheran Churches across the United States; the location for this piece is unknown. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Philippi, W.V., The Old Covered Bridge Date of plate: circa 1951-52   Notes: This plate, Carr's last commemorative design, honored the Old Covered Bridge in Philippi, W.V., south of Grafton. In looking at the backstamp for the plate, the monogram GWS is apparent in the dingbat

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Peggy Stewart Tea Room Date of pitcher: Unknown   Notes: This creamer was most likely ordered for the Peggy Stewart Tea Room, located at 17 West Saratoga Street in Baltimore. From a 1926 Goucher College yearbook, we find that the restaurant offered "breakfast, luncheon, dinner, afternoon

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Patrons of Husbandry – the Grange Date of cup: 1949   Notes: Complete name: The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. From the wikipedia: "… fraternal organization for American farmers that encourages farm families to band together for their common economic and political

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Patrons of Husbandry – the Grange Date of sugar bowl: circa 1920s-1930s   Notes: Complete name: The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. From the wikipedia: "… fraternal organization for American farmers that encourages farm families to band together for their common economic

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Palms Restaurant Date of platter: Unknown   Notes: No ID on this Palms Restaurant platter yet. With the H & R Supply Co. of Atlanta distributor, we're guessing the southeast. There are possibilities in Charleston, S.C., Greensboro, N.C., Ridgeland, S.C., and Claxton, Georgia (Palms Tourist

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Outside Inn Date of sugar bowl: Unknown   Notes: We have no idea where the Outside Inn was located, but based on searches think it was probably a restaurant or candy shop, rather than a hotel. One strong possibility is the Outside Inn in Albany, N.Y.,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Date of saucer: 1951   Notes: From the Wikipedia: "Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Order of the Eastern Star Date of examples: 1946-1947   Notes: From the Wikipedia: "The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris, a noted Freemason, but

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: New York Yacht Club / Arthur Meeker Date of saucer: 1920   Notes: This banquet-weight saucer bears the burgee of the New York Yacht Club, on the left, and on the right, the flag of Armour & Co. meatpacking vice president and millionaire Arthur Meeker of

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: National Press Club Date of demi cup: Unknown   Notes: A fragment of the Harding Underglaze Print Pattern 7010 (without flowers) was used to make this demi cup, topmarked in Gothic or Old English font: NPC. Barbara Page of Portland, Ore., was the owner of this

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Mother Plate Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: his plate was sold at auction in Grafton in 2011. It is not known if it was ordered by Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, home of Mother's Day, or was even a promotion by the pottery. The rose

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Morrison Hotel's Terrace Garden Restaurant Date of soup plate: circa 1920s-1930s   Notes: Located in Chicago, Ill., at Madison and Clark streets, the Morrison Hotel was home to the Terrace Garden restaurant. In addition to fine dining and dancing, the dance floor could be turned into

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Morning Call Date of cup: 1940   Notes: From the Morning Call website, the Morning Call Coffee Stand in New Orleans, the "most famous coffee drinking place, has been serving café au lait and beignets to generations of locals and visitors since 1870. Founded by Joseph

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Monticello Date of ashtray: circa 1934-1952   Notes: Advertising ashtray for Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, located outside Charlottesville, Virginia. Contributors: Bill Montgomery: ashtray photo Susan and Ed Phillips: postcards

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Model Laundry – Zoric Garment Cleaning System Date of ashtray: 1936   Notes: Model Laundry advertising ashtray – location in Uniontown, Penn. – highlighting itself as "the home of the marvelous Zoric Garment Cleaning System." The so-named dry cleaning system was copyrighted in 1931 and

Manufacture: Carr China Company User: Model Laundry Date of ashtray: circa 1934-1952   Notes: Model Laundry advertising ashtray – location in Uniontown, Penn. On a side note, this is the clearest image we can remember seeing of the Glo-Tan backstamp. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Minnetonka Hotel Date of bowl: 1938   Notes: This fruit bowl came from the estate of a friend of ours in Maine – now deceased – who had a special interest in collecting restaurant china from New England hotels, in particular New Hampshire and Maine. Even

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Meadowlands Country Club Date of plate: 1951   Notes: Meadowlands Country Club was founded in 1949 as a Jewish country club in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. It was sold in 2016 and is now Bluestone Country Club. Website: https://www.bluestonecc.com White body plate with three green pinstripes

Manufacturers: Carr China Company and Walker China User: Mayer's Parkway Restaurant Date of cup & saucer: circa 1934-1980   Notes: Mayer's was a popular German-influenced roadhoase in the Bronx, N.Y., open from 1902 to 1980. It's interesting to see the difference in clay body colors between the saucer, which is Glo-Tan, and

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Masonry – Freemasonry Date of bowl: 1938   Notes: The topmark on this bowl, made in 1938, is the Masonic Square and Compasses – architects' tools – that can be found both with and without the central G. Freemasonry or Masonry are fraternal organizations that trace

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Masonic Veteran Association of Maryland Date of plate: circa 1942   Notes: This blue Rho Dendra plate includes a bust of George Washington, who was a master mason. For additional info: Rho Dendra by Carr China Contributor: Bill Montgomery: plate photos

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Market Diner Date of plate: circa 1934-1952   Notes: There was a Market Diner in New York City that went on to become the Cheyenne Diner, but that seemed to have opened after Carr went out of business. We think it is more likely that this

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Marbett's Restaurant Date of cup: 1950   Notes: According to the Delaware Valley Rhythm & Blues Society Inc. website, "Marbett's was a part of the White Tower chain and was their attempt at a larger sit-down restaurant. The Marbett's in Camden [N.J.] was originally a

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Jermyn, Scranton, Penn. Date of service plate: 1910   Notes: The Hotel Jermyn at 326 Biden Street in Scranton, Penn., was built by John Jermyn, Scranton businessman, and formally opened on April 8, 1896. After immigrating from Suffolk, England, in 1825, Jermyn spent his career

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Majors Cabin Grill Date of cup: circa 1930s-1952   Notes: Majors Cabin Grill opened in the 1930s at 33 W. 33rd St., adjacent to the Empire State Building in New York City. It holds the distinction of being the first restaurant to accept a Diners Club

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Supreme Court of the United States Date of plate: circa 1927 – 1950s   Notes: From the Wikipedia: "The Supreme Court Building houses the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. The building serves as the

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Maclin Hall – West Virginia Institute of Technology Date of plate: 1946   Notes: We bought this plate in a set of white plates with brown/sepia topmarks and have always thought they were samples. Recently, we were contacted by Rhod Mills – a West Virginia state