Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Berkshire Star 500 – Order of the Eastern Star Date of platter: circa 1934 -1952   Notes: From the Wikipedia: "The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Westvaco Country Club Date of examples: circa 1920s – 1930s   Notes: As was typical of large mills and industrial plants located in small, rural towns well into the 20th century, Westvaco Country Club was opened by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. for

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Wrentham Show Boat Pattern name: Brooklyn – Underglaze Print Pattern #6046 Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1952   Notes: The Wrentham Show Boat on Route 1, Providence Pike in Wrentham, Massachusetts, was a dining and dancing restaurant owned by George and Joanne Mavrides, both the

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Colonial Hotel – Bangor, Pennsylvania Date of examples: circa 1929 – circa 1930   Notes: The Colonial at 58-62 Broadway, in Bangor, Pennsylvania, opened before 1906. It only had about 41 rooms, but it operated on the American plan with both a dining room and a

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Cook County Jail Pattern: Maythorne Distributor: The Stearnes Company – Chicago Date of plate: circa 1929   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Cook County Jail, located on 96 acres (39 hectares) in South Lawndale, Chicago, Illinois, is operated by the Sheriff of Cook County. It is sometimes

Manufacturers: Scammell China and Walker China User: House of Chan, New York City Distributor (Scammell): Macy's Department Store, New York City Distributor (Walker): Minners & Co., New York City Date of Scammell example: Circa 1938-1954 Date of Walker example: Circa 1942-1944   Notes: Sou Chan was born in Canton China in

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Huyler's Pattern name: Design Patent #75,075 Date of example:  Circa 1928 – 1953   Notes: John S. Huyler was born in Manhattan in New York City in 1846. In 1875, at age 29, he opened a store at 869 Broadway, selling his freshly made taffy. The business

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Alisal Ranch Date of plate: 2000   Notes: Located in Solvang, California, Alisal Ranch and Resort occupies more than 10,000 acres in the Santa Ynez Valley northeast of Santa Barbara. It advertises itself as "California's Luxury Dude Ranch." According to the website, it opened in 1946

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of user: Lauderdale Beach Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Date of plate: Circa 1936-1954   Notes: When the Art Deco-style six-story Lauderdale Beach Hotel opened in 1936, it contained 150 rooms with private baths. It operated as a winter resort that offered guests a choice of American or European

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Hotel Hurth  Distributor: Price-Culton Co. – Huntington, West Virginia Date of plate: circa 1926   Notes: The Hotel Hurth, built by Adolph Hurth, Jr., opened on June 10, 1926, and was located at 222 Chillicothe Street in Portsmouth, Ohio. An article in the Portsmouth Times on

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Water Themes – Spanish Galleon Date of service plates: circa 1926 – 1928   Notes: These service plates are part of the Water Themes series of transfer-printed and hand-painted ware as designed by Harry G. Aitken (1867–1952). Aitken came to work at Syracuse in 1904 as

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Saint Mary's School – Raleigh, North Carolina Date of cup: August 1921   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Founded in 1842 by the Rev. Aldert Smedes, an Episcopal priest, Saint Mary's School has operated continuously on the same site ever since. "With the support of the Episcopal Diocese

Manufacturer: Wallace China Company Pattern: Pine Mountain (Airbrushed) 2 Date of plate: 1953   Notes: White body china with an airbrushed drawing in the well of green pine trees in front of a background of a rugged purple mountain topped with white snow drifts. Contributor: Brittony Maag: plate photos

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hildebrecht's Restaurant, Trenton, New Jersey Name of pattern: #5000 Shoreham border Distributor: S. E. Kaufman Date of examples:  Circa 1910 – 1921   Notes: Around 1889, George Hildebrecht purchased – and renamed – a restaurant at 25-27 E. Hanover Street in Trenton that had been in operation since

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Uneva Lake Resort Date of plate: circa 1920s   Notes: Uneva Lake in Colorado is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains near to the town of Frisco. An article in The Herald Democrat of Leadville, Colorado, dated March 30, 1901, has a headline of

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Reading Hospital Pattern name (oval bowl): Mistic Date of examples: circa 1926   Notes: From Wikipedia: "In November 1867, physicians with the Reading [Pennsylvania] Medical Association and 16 local business leaders developed plans for the area's first hospital. The Reading Dispensary opened in downtown Reading on

Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: The Dolphin Hotel Date of example: circa 1917 – 1940s   Notes: The Dolphin Hotel was built in the last half of 1923 at the southeast corner of N.E. First Avenue and Tenth Street in Miami, by R. Earl Smith, a Miami businessman. The architect was

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Henry's, Charleston, South Carolina Name of pattern: Patent Des. 62,090 Date of platter: Circa 1932-1954   Notes: In 1932, Henry Hasselmeyer opened his Henry's on the Market restaurant at 54 Market Street in Charleston. Henry's specialized in local seafood. After Hasselmeyer died in the mid-1970s, his daughter inherited

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Oregon Inn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Pattern name: Pink Willow border Date of plate: Circa 1947-1954   Notes: Located at 3404 W. North Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the first ad found for the Oregon Inn, a Chinese-American restaurant, ran in the Oct. 10, 1947, issue of the Wisconsin

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Sample Plate – M145 – 6 Date of plate: circa 1934 – 1937   Notes: Nothing is known about this pattern other than what is shown on the backstamp: Standard Sample M145 – 6 Although this plate does not have the handwritten "M" that appears on

Manufacturer:  Scammell China Co. User: Haversham Inn, Westerly, Rhode Island Date of examples: Circa 1924-1954   Notes: What is now the Haversham Inn was built around 1870 by Capt. William Sidney Gavitt and was first used as a boarding house named Ocean View House. The dining room seated about 30 guests.

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Carson Pirie Scott Date of plate: 1947   The Carson Pirie Scott & Co. department store was founded in Chicago in 1854 by Samuel Carson and John Pirie. It eventually grew into a chain with 50 locations and was also known as Carson's. Their flagship Chicago

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Mead's Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern #6003 Distributor: The Stearnes Co. – Chicago Date of platter: circa 1920s   Notes: Handsome platter with italic Mead's with a swash has a mystery user. The border pattern is Carr's Underglaze Print Pattern #6003. For additional info: Carr Print Pattern:

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Camp Merrie-Woode Date of examples: 1958   Notes: Camp Merrie-Woode on Lake Fairfield in Sapphire, North Carolina, was founded in 1919 as Lake Fairfield Camp by Marjorie Harrison, an English professor from Tazewell, Virginia. In 1922, it was purchased by Mabel Pye Day, a leader in

Manufacturer: Carr China User: Hot Springs of Arkansas Distributor: Dulin & Martin Co., Washington, D.C. Date of cup (#194 Soda, Bell Top, Handled): Early 1920s   Notes: The Quapaw Indians were native to the land that is now Hot Springs in central Arkansas, but by 1832 they had been forced

Manufacturer: Syracuse China Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern No. 67803 – Craig Hall Date of Demi Cup: 1922   Notes: Border design of thistles with brown blooms and buds and leaves that are both green and blue gray. For additional info: Craig Hall by Syracuse China Maddock Pattern #7055 – Craig Hall

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Pattern: Craig Hall Thistle Border – #7055 Date of example: circa 1910 – 1920   Notes: Decal border design of green thistles with orange blooms which flank the hotel crest of three thistle blooms within a bellflower wreath. Below the wreath is an upper-case Old English-style "C

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Craig Hall Pattern: Underglaze Print Pattern 67803 Date of demi cup: 1922 Date of platter: 1929   Notes: Craig Hall was located on South Illinois Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was originally built by John Weyth as the Garden Hotel in 1897. However, in

Manufacturer: Homer Laughlin Pattern: Impact Gray Date of platters: 1961-62   Notes: Mid-century style medium gray leaf and floral design fills the rim of this pattern. Contributors: Katherine Stolz Barber: ID and platter photos

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China Co. User: Name of pattern/user: Hatchett's Point Casino Distributor: Brown, Thomson & Co., Hartford, Conn. Date of examples: Circa 1900 to 1930   Notes: Hatchett's Point, on Long Island Sound, was developed in 1890 by five prominent businessmen as the location for their summer homes. The Casino was