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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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,

Manufacturer: Carr China Name of user: Grillis Grill – Jackson, Mississippi Distributor: H & R Supply Co., Atlanta Date of platter: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: According to an article in the Clarion-Ledger dated Mar. 1, 1931, Theologus Grillis first came to Jackson, Mississippi, around 1920. After two years

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Dells, The Distributor: American China and Glassware Co. Date of example: Circa 1925 – 1934   Notes: What would become The Dells started out the Huscher family's private home. As early as 1918, it was operating as a roadhouse, which was a venue that catered to people who

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: The Shore Club Distributor: Nathan Straus – Duparquet Date of examples: circa 1940s   Notes: N.B.T. Roney, a pioneer developer of Miami Beach, opened the Cromwell Hotel, located on the Ocean at 20th Street, on December 18, 1939. Then, in January 1940, he opened the Shore

Manufacturer: Shenango China Name of user: The Cranbury Inn Date of creamer: 1927-1954   Notes: Founded in 1780 and still operating (2025), The Cranbury Inn in Cranbury, N.J., has been feeding the public, off and on, for what may be a record amount of time. The original tavern was built in

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: The Cranbury Inn Pattern name: Border Pattern No. 394 – Glasgow Rose Date of examples: Circa 1935-1954   Notes: Founded in 1780 and still operating (2025), The Cranbury Inn in Cranbury, N.J., has been feeding the public, off and on, for what may be a record

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Mayfair Date of plate: 1947 Date of creamer: 1940s   Notes: Although we have not found a "smoking gun" for this china's identity, based on numerous references that it was used at the Hotel Mayfair in Sioux City, Iowa, we present the following: The remodeled Hotel

Manufacturer: Scammell China, Syracuse China Customer: The Colony, Washington, D.C. Distributor (of Scammell): E. B. Adams Date of examples: Scammell: 1948-63; Syracuse: 1957   Notes: The Colony, at 1737 DeSales St., NW, was opened in 1948 by Army Air Corps veteran Alex Stuart. It was one of just a few luxurious

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Cheeca Lodge, Islamorada, Florida Pattern name: Cheeca Lodge Decoration G-277 Date of creamer: 1963; celery (shown only as detail): 1964 Notes: In 1960, Carl Twitchell and his A&P Grocery-heiress wife Cynthia purchased the former Olney Inn that was located on the Overseas Highway in Islamorada in