Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 8 Date of pitcher: 1952   Notes: Similar rim stock patterns with dark red or green designs with waves, crests, scrolls or rick rack were made by most major manufacturers. Editor's note: This entry comes from the Carr China website whose content

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Busto's Restaurant Date of examples (Scammell's Trenton China): circa 1924-54   Notes: Busto's restaurant was founded in 1903 by Frank Busto. Around 1920, it moved into a new four-story building at 11 Stone Street, near the waterfront in lower Manhattan. Busto died on May 23, 1921.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 7 Date of creamer: 1952   Notes: Nothing is known about this pattern, but given its date, February 1952, it might have been a Warwick China pattern since Carr ended up with Warwick's decorating cylinders when that company closed. This theory is a

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 6 Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: Nothing is known about this pattern except that we also found examples of it in the West Virginia Museum, documented on this page in dark green and blue on a white clay body.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 5 Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: Carr's pattern name and number are unknown for this pattern with its Art Deco ornaments spaced around the rim of this small plate. However, it was a very popular pattern made by at least three American

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 4 Date of plate: circa late 1930s   Notes: No clue as to this pattern. It is shown on Glo-Tan China and the backstamp style matches that of a plate owned by designer Paul Mattson's daughter. This is not Mattson's beautiful printing, but

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 3 Date of plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: The pattern name and number are unknown for this lotus or waterlily design, but we have seen it several times so it likely was a regular stock pattern with what looks like

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 1 Plate Distributor: Monongahela China & Glassware Co. Mug Distributor: A.C. Hoskins – Morgantown, W.V. Date of examples: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: This pattern is also seen among the work owned by Judy Reed and designed by her father, Paul C.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Carr Mystery Pattern 2 Date of bowls: Unknown   Notes: We haven't been able to find a record of this pattern, and we haven't found this backstamp on any other piece of Carr China either. However, Carr did use this logo on page 3 of

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 6150 Date of plate: 1951   Notes: With the number/color combination shown on the back, it was likely a sample and we have no idea if it was ever produced. Contributors: Plate photos – ebay seller nanny_06 Content: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 6135 Date of soup bowl: 1942   Notes: This pattern was one that was inherited by Carr when the Warwick plant closed in 1951. It was known as Border Print Pattern #6135 and was used at Hotel Rowe in Grand Rapids, Mich. Jim

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 7003 Distributor: M. L. Brill & Co., Chicago Date of plate: Unknown   Notes: Other than the print pattern number of this plate, nothing is known about it. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 6065 Border Pattern: Virginia 6059 Date of plate: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: This rose pattern turns up frequently partnered with Carr's border patterns, such as this instance with the Virginia border in an uncharacteristic gray color – probably the 40B referred

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user: Bustanoby's Restaurants, New York City Date of example: circa 1902 – 1920   Notes: The Basque-born Bustanoby brothers, Andre, Jacques and Louis, opened the Cafe des Beaux-Arts, on 40th Street and 6th Avenue in 1902. It offered something besides food, which was unheard of

Manufacturer: Wm. Guerin & Co. Name of user: Bustanoby's Restaurants, New York City Distributor: Gimbel Brothers Date of example: circa 1913-20   Notes: The Basque-born Bustanoby brothers, Andre, Jacques and Louis, opened the Cafe des Beaux-Arts, on 40th Street and 6th Avenue in 1902. It offered something besides food, which

Manufacturer: Shenango China Name of user: Bustanoby's Restaurants, New York City Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of mug: circa 1913-17 Date of creamer: circa 1913-17   Notes: The Basque-born Bustanoby brothers, Andre, Jacques and Louis, opened the Cafe des Beaux-Arts, on 40th Street and 6th Avenue in 1902. It

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 6036 Distributor: Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co., Boston, MA. Date of mustard: circa 1930s   Notes: Underglaze Print Pattern: 6036 with Art Nouveau-styled swags & scrolls resembling acanthus leaves – the classical architectural motif. This pattern was found in Carr's 1934 catalog,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Name of user: North Chicago Hospital – Chicago, Ill. Distributor: Restaurant China Co., St. Paul, Minn. Date of creamer: unknown   Per the Chicago Tribune, North Chicago Hospital was incorporated in 1906. It was founded as a private hospital by brothers Carl, Emil and Joseph Beck,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Yosemite – Underglaze Print Pattern 6001 Date of creamer: 1946   Notes: This was a classic pattern made by several of the American commercial china manufacturers, in addition to Carr. White body creamer with a border around the top rim consisting of a small

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Washington – Underglaze Print Pattern 6004 Date of examples: circa 1920s – 1940s   Notes: This pattern is shown in green on white body and in brown on a Glo-Tan body. White body plate with an elaborate green border around the rim. The background

Manufacturer: Wellsville China Name of user: Porter House Restaurant, Long Island, N.Y. Date of plate: 1959-69   Located at 294 West Merrick Road and Central Avenue in Valley Stream, Long Island, Porter House Restaurant opened on May 23, 1946, according to the May 22 issue of Newsday, promoting the "charming

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Tudor Rose Date of plate: 1952   Notes: The Tudor Rose pattern was made in 1952 on Warwick's Avon shape. This piece is incredibly fragile – more delicate even than banquet weight china. Contributors: Susan and Ed Phillips

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Sea Foam – Underglaze Print Patter Unknown Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1937   Notes: This pattern designed by Paul Mattson was recently found by Bill Montgomery, who contributed the photos. It is not known if this was ever distributed. Glo-Tan body plate

Manufacturer: Warwick China Name of user: Nauheim Pharmacy Date of platter: 1920s-1930s   Notes: According to BayBottles.com, Nauheim Pharmacy was a chain drug store that operated in New York City and the greater New York metropolitan area, with 32 stores as of 1930. The first store was opened by druggist

Manufacturer: Jackson China Pattern name: Unique Date of soup plate: 1974   Notes: From page 459 of the Jackson China book is an undated Maitre d' Collections catalogue – probably post-1970 – that identifies this pattern of black, elongated teardrops placed just inside the verge as: Unique. With one exception

Manufacturer: Jackson China Name of pattern: Dakota (Airbrushed Ducks) Distributor: Frequently distributed by Kalberer Hotel Supply Date of china: circa 1950s-1960s   Notes: This design with two airbrushed ducks in flight and reeds below is shown in a 1960 Jackson catalogue (shown above) as the Dakota pattern in a maroon

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Roanoke – Underglaze Print Pattern 6055 Date of examples: Unknown   Notes: The Roanoke pattern is shown in the 1946-47 catalog in this version, brown on a tan body, though not marked Glo-Tan. A more attractive version of the pattern is shown above in a

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Richmond – Underglaze Print Pattern 6023 Date of examples: Unknown   Notes: Richmond is not seen all that often as made by Carr, but it was a very common restaurant-ware pattern among other manufacturers. White body china with an elaborate border in green around

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Co. Name of customer: Cafe Bova – Boston, MA Name of border pattern: #5040 Indian Border Date of examples: circa 1908-1918   Notes: L. E. Bova was a prominent Boston caterer. In 1901, he was operating the 800-seat restaurant in Norumbega Park, near Boston.

Manufacturer: Carr China Company Pattern Name: Revere Date of pitcher: Unknown   Notes: No pattern number is known for Revere. As shown, the decoration is teal blue green on tan background. In her book Restaurant China Vol. 2, Barbara Conroy identified this pattern, but manufactured by Iroquois China, as having been