Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Elite Chinese Restaurant, Los Angeles Date of plate: circa 1927 – 1944   Notes: A May 28, 1940, notice in Los Angeles's Daily News is the first mention found of the Elite Chinese Restaurant. It advertises: "Now open New Chinatown's smartest, most ultra-modern restaurant – The

Manufacturer: Scammell China Pattern name: Gies' Cafe, Easton, Penn. Distributor: Penn Hotel Supply Date of example: circa 1935-54   Notes: Gies' Cafe & Restaurant, located at 127-129 S. 3rd Street in Easton, Penn., was founded in 1899. By the 1950s it had a dining room that seated 225 guests. They advertised

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Gargoyle Restaurant Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of plate: Circa 1906 – 1919   Notes: The Gargoyle Restaurant at 304-06 Grand Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was built in 1906 by Gustave Pabst as an outlet for his Pabst Beer. The two-story dining room had tables on the

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Fraunces Tavern Name of pattern: #146 Beslin Border Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of examples: 1907 – 1924   Notes: Fraunces Tavern, at 54 Pearl and Broad Streets in New York City, dates back to 1719, when it was built as a private home. Samuel Fraunces bought

Manufacturer: Royale Rego – Thailand User: American European Express (American Orient Express) Date of cup: circa 1989 – 1991   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The American Orient Express, formerly the American European Express, operated a single luxury passenger train set in charter service between 1989 and 2008 and operated on routes throughout

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user:  Fleischmann's Pattern name/number: #6075, Fleischman Border Distributor: L. Barth & Sons Date of examples: circa 1900-1918   Notes: The Fleischmann brothers, founders of the Fleischmann Yeast Co., exhibited their product at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. At their exhibit they baked Vienna-style bread which

Manufacturer: Bauscher Bros., Germany Name of user:  Vienna Model Bakery Date of plate: circa 1910s – early 1920s   Notes: The Fleischmann brothers, founders of the Fleischmann Yeast Co., exhibited their product at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. At their exhibit they baked Vienna-style bread which customers could sample

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Meteor III Launch Plate Date of plate: Feb. 25, 1902   Notes: Wilhelm II governed the German Empire from 1888 to 1918, making him the last German Emperor. He was also the King of Prussia and belonged to the House of Hohenzollern. His grandmother was Queen Victoria

Manufacturer: Warwick China Pattern Name: Palmetto User: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad – ACL Distributor: E.B. Adams – Washington D.C. Date of plate: November 1924   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark ACL) was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used

Manufacturer: Bauscher China User: Alden Park Manor Distributor: Arthur Schiller and Son – Chicago Date of pitcher: 1924   Notes: From Wikipedia: A community located in Philadelphia's Germantown, Alden Park Manor was "built in the Jacobean Revival style" and was founded in 1926. "It was built in a park-like setting on

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery Co. and John Maddock & Sons, England User: Fadden's Restaurant, St. Paul, Minnesota Distributor (Maddock Pottery): Ogden, Merrill, & Greer Distributor (John Maddock & Sons): Burley & Co., Chicago Date of examples: circa 1909 – 1918   Notes: Walter E. Fadden was operating Central Restaurant at 442 Wabasha

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user: Fabacher's, New Orleans Date of example:  Circa 1905 – 1915   Notes: Franz Joseph Fabacher opened his Oyster House and Hotel on Gravier Street, New Orleans, in 1880. Joseph Fabacher would later open a restaurant at 137 Royal Street.  In addition to the dining

Manufacturer: John Maddock & Sons, England Name of user: Fabacher's, New Orleans Date of compote:  Circa 1880 – 1896   Notes: Franz Joseph Fabacher opened his Oyster House and Hotel on Gravier Street, New Orleans, in 1880. Joseph Fabacher would later open a restaurant at 137 Royal Street.  In addition

Manufacturer: Bauscher, Germany Name of user: Fabacher's, New Orleans Date of cup: 1912   Notes: Franz Joseph Fabacher opened his Oyster House and Hotel on Gravier Street, New Orleans, in 1880. Joseph Fabacher would later open a restaurant at 137 Royal Street.  In addition to the dining room on the

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Skull and Bones Date of examples: early 1900's   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Skull and Bones (also known as The Order, Order 322 or The Brotherhood of Death) is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The oldest senior-class society at the

Manufacturer: Mayer China User/pattern name: Sample plate Date of plate: circa 1930s   Notes: White body plate with a center-of-the-well design surrounded by 19 topmarks on the rim. Formerly known as Dancing Nymphs, with the addition of this plate the central design of frolicking women is now known as P4013.

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: Englewood Cliffs Milk Farm Date of backstamp: circa 1931   Notes: "A hop, skip and a jump from exhaustion to exhilaration" was the slogan used by Englewood Cliffs Milk Farm, a luxurious spa for its time that was in business at least until the late 1970s. It

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Frogy's Cafe Pattern name: Three Ornaments #7010 Distributor: Beamish Glassware Co., Kansas City Date of platter: Circa 1913   Notes: Seldom has there been so much hyperbole connected to the opening of a men's club as there seemingly was for Frogy's Cafe in Kansas City in 1913,

Manufacturer: Ridgways, England User: Clifton Zoological Society – Bristol Zoo Gardens Distributor: H. Abrahams & Co. – Bristol, England Date of examples: circa 1879 – 1903   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Opened in 1836 by the Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society, Bristol Zoo was the world's oldest provincial zoo. It

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Amani Mgeni Uwanda (Harmony Guest Ranch) Date of plate: 1958   Notes: Amani Mgeni Uwanda was a $400,000 dude/guest ranch opened in 1953 in Estes Park, Colorado, and built by Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hayes and Col. and Mrs. Richard E. Turner. From an article in the

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: The Embassy Club, Philadelphia, Penn. Date of examples:  Circa 1937 – 1954   Notes: The matchbook cover, shown above, provides the identification for the rampant lion and crown logo used by The Embassy Club at 1418 Spruce Street, Philadelphia. When opened, the matchbook reveals that it was

Manufacturer: Scammel China User: Wimodasi Circle Date of cup and saucer: circa mid-1920s – circa early 1930s   Notes: The Wimodasi Circle, an acronym for WIves, MOthers, DAughters, and SIsters, was a religious organization for women started around the beginning of the 20th century in numerous states across the country

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern: Jackson Pattern #268 Date of platter: 1975   Notes: This border pattern has stylized flowers of turquoise, yellow and pink with pale green leaves and stem. A matching turquoise line set just inside the rim completes the design. ID is based on the design found in

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Bitter Root Inn Date of pitcher: circa 1912   Notes: From the website of the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust: In 1909, "the Bitter Root Valley Irrigation Company asked Wright to plan a town along the Great Northern railway in Stevensville, Montana. The comprehensive plan included civic

Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China User: Higbee's Silver Grille Date of creamer: circa 1939 – 1942   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Higbee's was a department store founded in 1860 in Cleveland, Ohio." In 1902, after the death of one of its founders … "relocated from its original Public Square location to a new five-story

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of pattern/user: DeMet's Distributor: American China & Glassware Co., Chicago Date of plate: circa 1939   Notes: In 1898 George DeMet opened a candy store in Chicago, Illinois, to sell the candy he produced. Over the years more stores were opened in Chicago. By the 1940s, there were

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of pattern/user: DeMet's Date of footed bowl: 1928 – 1930s   Notes: In 1898 George DeMet opened a candy store in Chicago, Illinois, to sell the candy he produced. Over the years more stores were opened in Chicago. By the 1940s, there were three restaurants, 12 tea rooms,

Manufacturer: Sterling China Name of pattern/user: DeMet's Date of butter pat: circa 1955   Notes: In 1898 George DeMet opened a candy store in Chicago, Illinois, to sell the candy he produced. Over the years more stores were opened in Chicago. By the 1940s, there were three restaurants, 12 tea rooms,

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of pattern/user: DeMet's Date of plate: circa 1950   Notes: In 1898 George DeMet opened a candy store in Chicago, Illinois, to sell the candy he produced. Over the years more stores were opened in Chicago. By the 1940s, there were three restaurants, 12 tea rooms, and 25

Manufacturer: Fraunfelter China User: Vinoy Park Hotel Distributor: Alfred Pick & Company – Chicago Date of examples: circa 1924 – 1939   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Vinoy Park Hotel was built in 1925 by oil tycoon Aymer Vinoy Laughner. Construction began on February 5 and took 10 months to complete,