Manufacturer: Carr China Company
User: Ratner's
Date of plate: Unknown

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Notes: From Wikipedia: "Ratner's was founded in 1905 by Jacob Harmatz and his brother-in-law Alex Ratner, who supposedly flipped a coin to decide whose name would be on the sign. Ratner sold his share in the restaurant to Harmatz in 1918, and it remained in the Harmatz family from then on. Jacob's son, Harold Harmatz, took over the business in the mid-1950s, dying a year after the restaurant ceased operation in 2002."

In 1939, Ratner's opened a Brooklyn bakery and retail shop at 1910 Kings Highway, according to an advertisement in the New York Daily News, shown above.

In a 1997 article in the New York Daily News by Mike McAlary: "Shortly after Jake Harmatz opened Ratner's at 138 Delancy Street, Meyer Lansky (a member of the Jewish Mob) began building his criminal empire at a table with Lucky Luciano. Ratner's was Lansky's headquarters. And although everyone knew his business, the establishment liked him. Besides, The Little Man treated the waiters right. And although Lansky later moved to Miami, he never forgot Ratner's."

White body plate with a black stripe around the outer rim and a yellow-gold smaller stripe around the center of the rim. The yellow-gold stripe is broken at the top by the Ratner's logo, which is the word "Ratner's" in a black script font with a ribbon underneath on a slight angle. Note: The plate photos are old and were contributed, and we're unable to decipher the words in the ribbon below Ratner's name.

Sources:
Wikipedia  
New York Daily News – February 28, 1997, article by Mike McAlary
Culinary Institute of America Digital Collections

Contributors:
Susan and Ed Phillips