Manufacturer: Carr China Company, McNicol China User: L. Snyder's Department Store Date of Carr creamer: 1944 Date of McNicol Roloc backstamp (not shown): 1930s-1960s   Notes: From the United States Sales Corporation's website: "MARCH 1894 – L. Snyder's Department Store opened for business in Norfolk, Virginia, founded by Louis Snyder's great

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Knights Templar Date of plate: circa 1940s-1952   Notes: With its logo placed in the well of the Erwin pattern, we believe this was used by the Knights Templar, and possibly by the Worth Commandery No. 19, located in Fort Worth, Texas. From the Wikipedia, "The

Manufacturers: Warwick China, Carr China, Sterling China User: Kangaroom Coffee Shop/Kangaroom Grill in the Melbourne Hotel, St. Louis Date range of pieces: 1948-late 1950s   Notes: The Melbourne Hotel was designed by eminent Missouri architect Preston J. Bradshaw and built in 1921 at Grand and Lindell boulevards in St. Louis.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Kiwanis Club Distributor: Mutual China Company Date of soup bowl: circa 1920s-1930s   Notes: The Kiwanis Club was founded in 1915, using the name from an Otchipew American Indian expression translated approximately as We build. White body soup plate with a green stripe around the

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: King Ying Lo Restaurant – Detroit Distributor: Chas. M. Werner & Sons, Detroit. Date of celery dish: Unknown   Notes: This old celery dish would have been used at the King Ying Lo Restaurant, located at 18 Lafayette Ave., in Detroit, Mich. White body oval

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Katsinas Restaurant Date of plate: circa 1935-1952   Notes: Katsinas was a popular Greek-themed restaurant in Champaign, Ill., originally owned by Alexis John (Lex) Katsinas and his wife Marge. It opened in 1929 and was later managed by Katsinas' sons before closing in 1995. Glo-Tan

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Karzi's Restaurant – Hazelwood, Pennsylvania Date of eggcup – 1935   Notes: This has been in our mystery list for many years, and this ID is the best we can come up with based on very little information. Newspaper reports (shown above) show there was a

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Johnny Kobler's – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Date of bouillon cup: Unknown   Notes: Based solely on the matchbook shown above, Johnny Kobler's was a horseshoe-shaped bar located in Harrisburg, Penn. Nothing more has been found. The topmarked design has been placed on the bowl with the Edith

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Zodiac Society – Cornell University Date of platter: 1927   Notes:  The Zodiac Society at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was organized in 1904, and was located at 515 Stewart Avenue. According to Wikipedia: "In 1934, several dislocated members of the Beta Psi Fraternity, whose

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Sunset Inn – St. Louis, Missouri Date of service plates: 1910   Notes: From Sunset Country Club website: "In 1910, Adolphus Busch decided St. Louis needed a social and dining club in South County.  He wanted a hilly, undeveloped, wooded site that would permit privacy and

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Jefferson Hospital Date of plate: 1949   Notes: The logo above, taken from a 1931 Lamberton China catalog, seems to put us very close to identifying this plate and its topmark as coming from the Jefferson Hospital of Philadelphia. White body plate with a green

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Knights Templar – Ivanhoe Commandery Date of plate: 1940   Notes: From the Wikipedia, "The Knights Templar is an international philanthropic chivalric order affiliated with Freemasonry." It is open only to Freemasons who believe in Christianity. "A local Knights Templar commandery operates under a state-level Grand

Manufacturer: Warwick China Pattern name: Underglazed Pattern #7104 Date of creamer: 1937   Notes: With its coded notes as to colors and band/line widths and placements on the backstamp, this seems to have been a sample, yet #7104 is identifiable as a Warwick pattern number. It is not known if

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Hershey Golf Club – Hersey, Pennsylvania Date of plate: circa 1930s   Notes: From an article dated October 24, 1928, in The Evening News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: "HERSHEY – Details of two eighteen-hole golf courses to be laid out at Hershey were announced today by

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Hershey Park Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: Hershey Park opened in 1907 for employees of the Hershey Chocolate Factory in Hershey, Pa. It was converted to a park that was open to the public, and is still in operation today. A park pavilion, added

Manufacturers: Jackson China, Mayer China, Carr China Company, Syracuse China User: Odd Fellows – F.L.T. Date of Jackson plate: 1917 – 1930s Date of Mayer plate: 1930s – early 1940s Date of Carr plate: 1939 Date of Syracuse plate: 1948   Notes: The initials F, L and T (Friendship, Love,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Sample Plate – Kerr Decal Date of plate: 1935   Notes: Nothing is known about this floral pattern other than what is shown on the backstamp: Kerr Decal 11 -M- 1-2-35. Paul C. Mattson was a designer for Carr China from 1934 to 1937. It is

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: U.S. Army 134th Field Artillery Regiment Date of examples: 1949   Notes: The 134th Field Artillery Regiment was organized July 6, 1839, in the Ohio Militia at Cleveland. For information on the unit's history of breaking up, expanding, reorganizing, redesignating and mustering, click here. The unit's

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Esquire Grill Date of platter: Likely mid-1930s – 1940s   Notes: The location of the Esquire Grill is not known. There are numerous places with this name in the West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana vicinity where Carr frequently sold its wares but so far no

Manufacturer: Caribe China, possibly additional manufacturer User: Wheeler's Restaurant, Wheeler's Lunch, Wheeler's Waffles, Wheeler's Drive-In Date of creamer: unknown; butter pat: 1958   Notes: Per a story in the June 9, 1930, issue of the Indianapolis Star celebrating the restaurant's sixth anniversary, what would become a chain of at least

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern/shape: Three Gulp Date of beer mug: 1930-46 Notes: Shown in James Strano's Jackson China book in a 1914-30-era catalog, this tri-bulbous-shaped mug is listed under Beer Mugs (shown above), as 203 B-399 15 oz Three Gulp, Ang. Hld. Under the book's heading of mugs, the Three

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern name: Accent Date range of pieces shown: 1958-62   Notes: Variously described as: grass, seaweed or windswept, for example, this pattern with intersecting flowing, leaf-like forms against straight lines was identified through a binder of underglazed Syracuse patterns (see above). The editor assumed that the pattern

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: V's Cafe, Corsicana, Texas Date(s): 1956, 1959   Notes: This plate has been one of those enduring mysteries whose ID has led to numerous dead ends. By chance, a closed auction has been found that included cups with a handprinted note (photo above) that said, "3

Manufacturer: McNicol China Company User: Marty's Lobster House Distributor: I. M. Seney Company – Baltimore Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: Marty's Lobster House was located at 33rd and Atlantic Avenue in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was opened by Constantine Marty in 1945. According to a legal notice published in

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Owl Club Casino & Restaurant Date of cup: 1979   Notes: The Owl Club Casino & Restaurant is located at 72 East Front Street in Battle Mountain, Nevada. According to a 2020 article in OnlyInYourState.com, "this iconic Nevada restaurant has been a staple in its community

Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China User: China Clipper  Date of grill plate: circa 1936 – 1942   Notes: The China Clipper restaurant was located at 46 – 49 Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was partially owned and managed by Wah Sun (Watson) Choy, an American of Chinese descent. Choy

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Marion – Underglaze Print Pattern #6057 Date of examples: circa 1940s – 1952   Notes: In our opinion, this isn't one of Carr's most attractive patterns, but we recently acquired the creamer above and really like how it displays on the rim! Contributors: Content: Susan

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Marine – Underglaze Print Pattern #6061 Date of examples: circa 1940s – 1952   Notes: As shown above, green on white body and blue on Glo-Tan. Contributors: Content: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Manhattan – Underglaze Print Pattern #6006 Date of examples: circa 1940s – 1952   Notes: This pattern was made in several color combinations. The most popular was the blue, shown above. Also above is a much less common version in green, distributed by John Hoos

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Majestic – Underglaze Print Pattern #7023 Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: This plate is evidently a sample, given that it has the pattern number and lines/colors code hand-printed on the back, in addition to the regular Carr backstamp. Contributors: Content: Susan