Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user: Louvre Restaurant, San Francisco, California Date of example: 1904-1906   Notes: The Louvre was in business as early as 1887 and located on the northwest corner of Powell and Eddy streets in San Francisco. In 1892, William Bogen and Jacob Amandus Wilkins were the proprietors, and they

Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery, Scammell China, Syracuse China, Buffalo Pottery Name of user: Locke-Ober, Winter Place, Boston, Massachusetts Distributors: Maddock Lamberton: French Mitchell Woodbury Co. Date of examples: Circa 1902 – 1980s   Notes: Louis Ober was born in 1837 in Alsace, France. In 1851, at age 14, he arrived in New

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Del Monte Pattern Name: Sorrento Date of plate: February 1930   From the Wikipedia:  "The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America. During

Manufacturer: Unknown User: Hotel Del Monte Date of tray: Unknown   From the Wikipedia:  "The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America. During World War II, it closed,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Fort Dearborn Hotel Distributor: Restaurant China Company – Chicago Date of platter: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Fort Dearborn Hotel is a skyscraper and former hotel located at 401 S. Lasalle St. in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The 17-story

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Cameron Trading Post Date of sugar bowl: 1954 Date of platter: 1967   Notes: The Cameron Trading Post in Cameron, Arizona, was established in 1916 by brothers Hubert and C.D. Richardson. According to the trading post's website: "A swayback suspension bridge was erected over the Little Colorado

Manufacturer: Wellsville China Company User: Carl's Duck Farm Date of plate: 1952   Notes: Carl's Duck Farm restaurant was opened in 1936 by Carl DiMauro and was located at 99 Broadway, on the Newburyport Turnpike in Saugus, Massachusetts. An article in The Daily Item of Lynn, Massachusetts, dated Oct. 25, 1945,

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Grafton West Virginia Advertising Plate Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Grafton is a city in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 4,729 at the 2020 census. Located along the Tygart Valley River, it

Manufacturer: Langenthal in Switzerland User: Hotel Du Rhone – Geneva, Switzerland Distributor: M. Stieger & Cie – Berne – Lausanne Date of bowl: 1970   Notes: According to an article in the Houston Post dated Feb. 19, 1950, the Hotel Du Rhone in Geneva, Switzerland, was built in 1950 by

Manufacturer: Scammell China, Trenton China User: LeKas, Peoria, Illinois Date of examples: circa 1925-1940   Notes: LeKas was founded in 1907 in Peoria, Illinois, at 510 Main Street. In 1917, LeKas moved to 422 Main Street. At that time, it was operated as "Illinois Sugar Bowl." The dining room section

Manufacturer: Scammell China, Lamberton China User: LeKas, Peoria, Illinois Date of examples: circa 1925-1940   Notes: LeKas was founded in 1907 in Peoria, Illinois, at 510 Main Street. In 1917, LeKas moved to 422 Main Street. At that time, it was operated as "Illinois Sugar Bowl." The dining room section

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Lamb's Cafe, Chicago, Illinois Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of examples: Circa 1910 – 1920   Notes: Lamb's Cafe opened on December 29, 1910, in the basement of Chicago's Ashland Block Building, located at Randolph and Clark streets. William J. "Smiley" Corbett and his business partner, John Wilmes,

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user:  Koerner's Restaurant, St. Louis, Missouri Distributor: St. Louis Glass & Queensware Co. Date of examples: Circa 1900-1913   Notes:  In 1875, Ernst Albert Koerner arrived in the United States from his native Germany as a young man who had already served his apprenticeship in the restaurant

Manufacturer: Scammell China, Sterling China User: Klas Restaurant, Cicero, Illinois Date of examples: 1930s – 1960s   Notes: In 1922, Adolph Klas, an immigrant from Pilsen in Bohemia, opened his restaurant at 5734 W. Cermak Road in Cicero, Illinois – a Chicago suburb. From the Wikipedia, "Klas had previously worked at

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery, Scammell China User: King Fong restaurant Distributor: Tilden Thurber Corporation Date of examples: Circa 1913-1925   Notes: The King Fong restaurant occupied space on the right end of the ground floor at 205 Weybosset Street, across from the Crown Hotel and the Outlet department store in Providence, R.I. Not

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Keeley's Ice Cream Date of platter: pre-1930s   Notes: A September 1895 story in Utah's Deseret News was written as a bit of a puff piece for Keeley's Ice Cream, which was founded by A. C. Keeley, who had begun in the "confectionery business here five

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. Name of user: Keeley's Palace of Sweets, Madison, Wisconsin Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of example: Circa 1904 – 1919   Notes: In 1897, James Yarnell Keeley opened his Palace of Sweets at 109 State Street in Madison, Wisconsin. It quickly became popular with students at the

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury User: Frost & Dearborn Restaurant, Boston, Mass. Name of pattern: #5065 Frost & Dearborn Date of example: 1912 – 1923   Notes:  The Frost & Dearborn Restaurant was operated by Merrill Frost and John N. Dearborn. Its roots go back to 1839, when Morrill Frost

Manufacturers: Scammell China and Sterling China User: Brookside Inn, Hopewell, N.J. Date of examples: Circa 1930s to 1970s   Notes: In 1928, farmer Harry A. Titus of Woodville, N.J., opened a fruit and grocery stand with just two employees on his land on Route 30 in Hopewell, N.J. By August 1935, the

Manufacturer: (likely) J. & G. Meakin, England User: Ballard & Johnson Pattern name: (likely) Blue Atlantic Distributor (likely) Albert Pick & Company Date of compote/comport: early 20th century   Notes: The Ballard & Johnson company, founded by William W. Ballard, Jesse M. Johnson and ostensibly silent partner Hardage N. McGready,

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Interstate News Co. Distributor: Boutell Brothers, Minneapolis Date of example:  Circa 1912 – 1916   Notes: The Inter-State News Co. was organized in Portland, Maine, in June 1911. Therein followed more than a decade of name changes. In 1913, its corporate name was changed to The Inter-State Co. It

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Interstate News Co. Distributors: Boutell Brothers, Minneapolis, and St. Louis Glass & Queensware Co., St. Louis Date of examples:  Circa 1912 – 1916   Notes: The Inter-State News Co. was organized in Portland, Maine, in June 1911. Therein followed more than a decade of name changes. In 1913, its

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Lamberton Works Sample Plate Date of plate: circa 1923   Notes: This Lamberton sample plate is a bit unusual because it can be dated to around 1923-1924 by one of the crests. The Nautilus Hotel in Miami Beach was built in 1923 and opened January 10,

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: International House, New Orleans Date of cream: 1943-54   Notes: In 1943, businessman Archie Jewell converted a former 12-story bank, built in 1906 and located at 221 Camp Street in New Orleans, into the International House. It was a forerunner of the World Trade Center concept,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: International House, New Orleans Date of celery: 1960   Notes: In 1943, businessman Archie Jewell converted a former 12-story bank, built in 1906 and located at 221 Camp Street in New Orleans, into the International House. It was a forerunner of the World Trade Center concept, dedicated

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Swedish Club of Chicago Date of plate: November 1945   Notes: The Swedish Club of Chicago was located at 1258 N. LaSalle Street on Chicago's north side and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985. According to the website TheClio.com, "The

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Del Monte Pattern Name: Underglaze print pattern #210 Date of pitcher: circa 1897 – 1940   From the Wikipedia:  "The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Del Monte Date of candlestick: December 1925   Notes: From the Wikipedia:  "The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America. During World War

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Iffland's, Newark, N.J. Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of compote: Circa 1909 – 1919   Notes: An article in the June 2, 1909, Newark Star reveals that Iffland's, a Newark favorite for 37 years – and located at 187 Market Street – was about to close

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Recess Club – Detroit Date of ashtray/matchstand: circa 1927 – 1950s   Notes: The Recess Club opened in 1928 and was founded by 12 prominent Detroit businessmen to establish a luncheon club patterned after similar New York and European clubs. According to a club brochure published