Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Top of the 100 Club – Memphis, Tennessee Date of creamer: 1963 From Abandoned Sourtheast.com "At 430 feet, the iconic One Hundred North Main office tower is the tallest building in Memphis, Tennessee. The building was completed in 1965, after two years of construction. The tower stands

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company Date of saucer: 1923   Notes: Member Michael Arnold discovered this saucer in the 1990s while diving off the Devonshire coast in England and after it had spent some 40 years in the ocean. From Wikipedia: "The Norfolk & Washington Steamboat

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: The Berghoff Restaurant – Chicago Date of platter: 1975   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Berghoff restaurant, at 17 West Adams Street, near the center of the Chicago Loop, was opened in 1898 by Herman Joseph Berghoff and has become a Chicago landmark. In 1999, The Berghoff

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: The Alps Restaurant – New York City Date of service plate: circa 1930s – 1940s   Notes: The Alps Restaurant in New York City was located at the corner of 58th Street and Sixth Avenue. It is not known when this restaurant opened or closed; however,

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers – Germany User: Luehrmann's Restaurant – Memphis, Tennessee Date of pickle dish: 1908   Notes: From the Historic-Memphis website: "The Luehrmann Hotel building was a Memphis landmark on Main Street from 1888-1906.  The hotel was the upper 3 floors, with 38 rooms – reserved for men only,

Manufacturer: Buffalo China Pattern: Kingston Date of fruit bowl: 1973   Notes: The Kingston pattern is found in a 1970s catalog of holiday designs. White body vitrified china with a narrow rim that is decorated with a band of black and olive-green links that are reminiscent of a bracelet or

Manufacturer: Wood & Sons – England User: Bigwin Inn – Lake of Bays, Muskoka, Canada Distributor: Cassidy's Limited Date of platters: circa 1920s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Bigwin Island is an island in the municipality of Lake of Bays, District Municipality of Muskoka in Central Ontario, Canada. It the largest

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Thames Coffee Shoppe – New York City Date of bouillon cup: circa 1965 – 1973   Notes: Thames Coffee Shoppe was located at 10 East 44th Street in New York City (between Madison and Fifth). When this establishment actually opened and closed is not known other

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Annes' Restaurants – Chicago Date of platter: circa 1920s – early 1950s   Notes: Annes' Restaurants was a small chain of establishments in Chicago most likely beginning in the 1920s. Based on the various matchbooks found for this entry, it appears that there were two men

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Hotel Muscle Shoals – Sheffield, Alabama Date of creamer: circa late 1950s   Notes: The Hotel Muscle Shoals at 500 North Montgomery Avenue in Sheffield, Alabama, was built in the late 1950s in downtown Sheffield. It closed in the 1960s and was sold to Shoals Hospital

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Miller Hotel Company – Davenport, Iowa Date of soup plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: The Miller Hotel Company was a hotel and building management company based in Davenport, Iowa. Iowa hotels and buildings managed by the firm included the Hotel Blackhawk, Hotel Davenport, and

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China User: Pratt Institute – Brooklyn, New York Date of examples: circa 1920s – 1954   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Harrison's Orange Huts – Chicago Date of examples: circa 1929   Notes: Harrison's Orange Huts was a small chain of one-arm fast food stands in the Chicago area starting in the 1920s. Harrison's sold five-cent hamburgers and other fast foods, but their specialty was orange drinks. 

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Palm Beach Condominium Hotel Date of service plate: February 1981   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Palm Beach Hotel, built in 1925 to replace an earlier building of the same name, is an historic four-story hotel located at 235-251 Sunrise Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida. Designed by

Manufacturer: Walker China User: The Blue Fox Restaurant – Lakewood, Ohio User: Florence's Restaurant – Robinson, Illinois Date of plate: April 1943   Notes: The Blue Fox Located at 11706 Clifton Blvd. on the corner of West 117th Street in Lakewood, Ohio, the Blue Fox restaurant was once one of

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: The Delano Hotel – Miami Beach, Florida Date of creamer: circa 1948-1954 [   Notes: The 14-story, 215-room Delano Hotel, at 1685 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, opened in the fall of 1948. It was named in honor of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Delano is usually

Manufacturer: Buffalo China Name of Pattern: Lincoln Date of example: 1923   Notes: According to the Albert Pick – Barth Company Catalog, "A genuine vitrified translucent china of highest grade, pure white body and perfectly finished. Green Key and Floral Medallion Design applied under the glaze. Medium weight reinforced with

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Industrial Mutual Association of Flint – Flint, Michigan Distributor: Albert Pick Pattern: Lincoln Date of celery tray: 1923   Notes: From Wikipedia: "In 1901, the Flint Vehicle Factories Mutual Benefit Association (FVFMBA) was established by manufacturers in the Flint area. The Association provided benefits to workers

Manufacturer: Greenwood Pottery Distributor: Loubat User: Gluck's Restaurant – New Orleans Date of creamer: circa 1903 – 1933   Notes: From an article by Richard Campanella dated September 1, 2016, in Preservation in Print, he states  that "What breathed new life into the old building (Merchants Exchange which opened in

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: The Golden Pheasant Restaurant – Cleveland, Ohio Date of examples: circa 1911 – 1923   Notes: The Golden Pheasant Restaurant at 944 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, was owned by H. Kingsley Wong. According to its advertisements it offered excellent American and Chinese food at moderate

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Plaza Hotel – Persian Room Date of plate: circa early 1950s   Notes: After prohibition ended in December of 1933, the Plaza Operating Company filed plans on January 30, 1934, with New York City's Building Department to build a new cocktail room in the south corner

Manufacturer: Unknown – Germany Distributor: Burley & Co. – Chicago User: The Thornton Hotel – Butte, Montana Date of relish dish: circa 1901     Notes: From the Historic Montana website: "The emerging talent of architect H. M. Patterson is evident in this early example of his work, built circa

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Youree – Shreveport, Louisianna Date of example: circa 1914 – 1924   Notes: Peter Youree (1843-1914) financed the construction of the hotel on the corner of Market and Travis streets in Shreveport, Louisianna, that was named for him.  When the seven-story hotel opened on January 15,

Manufacturer: Grindley – England User: Hotel Youree – Shreveport, Louisianna Date of service plate: circa 1914 – 1928   Notes: Peter Youree (1843-1914) financed the construction of the hotel on the corner of Market and Travis streets in Shreveport, Louisianna, that was named for him.  When the seven-story hotel opened

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: The Yorktowne Hotel – York, Pennsylvania Date of service plate: circa 1925 – 1954     Notes: In 1924, a group of local investors formed the Community Hotel Company of York to build an 11-story hotel on the corner of Market and Duke streets in York,

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: L. Straus & Sons User: Hotel Wolcott – New York, New York Date of examples: circa 1904 – 1924     Notes: The Hotel Wolcott, at 4 West 31st Street in New York City, opened March 1, 1904. The 12-story hotel contained 300 rooms with 160 baths.

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: Albert Pick User: Hotel Winton – Cleveland, Ohio Date of examples:  circa 1917 – 1924     Notes: The Hotel Winton at 1012 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio opened Thursday, December 20, 1917. This 11-story hotel contained 600 rooms with private baths. It was named for Cleveland's

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: Albert Pick User: Hotel Winton – Cleveland, Ohio Date of examples:  circa 1917 – 1924     Notes: The Hotel Winton at 1012 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio opened Thursday, December 20, 1917. This 11-story hotel contained 600 rooms with private baths. It was named for Cleveland's

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: Albert Pick User: Hotel Winton – Cleveland, Ohio Date of examples:  circa 1917 – 1924     Notes: The Hotel Winton at 1012 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio opened Thursday, December 20, 1917. This 11-story hotel contained 600 rooms with private baths. It was named for Cleveland's

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: The Windsor Hotel – Montreal, Canada Date of example: circa 1908 – 1924     Notes: The Windsor was built by a group of six businessmen. It opened January 28, 1878. A fire in 1906 destroyed almost 100 guest rooms and lead to the construction of a