Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Moose Haven Restaurant Date of examples: circa 1936 – 1943   Notes: The Moose Haven Restaurant was located at 708 East King Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and opened in the mid-1930s. It is believed to be operated by two brothers, Steve and James Karas. In 1936,

Manufacturer: John Edwards – Staffordshire, England User: W & D Ocean Oyster House – Rochester, New York Distributors:  Wisner & Palmer Date of butter pat: circa 1871   Notes: The W & D Ocean Oyster House was located in Rochester, New York, on Buffalo Street near State Street. It was

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: La Grande Hotel – La Grande, Oregon Date of plate: circa 1927 – 1930s   Notes: A blurb in the Medford Mail Tribune from November 9, 1927, announced simply: "the new six story La Grande Hotel to be completed by November 15." The original proprietors of the

Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: Wanakah Country Club Pattern name: Floridian Date of pickle shell/relish: 1925   Notes: Floridian was a Buffalo stock pattern, patented in 1925. It has been used with topmarked china, but probably none with a monogram that has stirred quite so much interest as this intertwined WCC,

Manufacturer: Caribe China User: The Wig and Bottle, Minneapolis Date of plate: unknown   Notes: In 1951 John Skowronski purchased Danny's Funhouse, located at 2501 N.E. Marshall Street at Lowry Avenue. Skowronski and his wife and partner Dorothy Skowronski named the establishment (whose building was originally built in 1891) the

Manufacturer: Walker China User: The Brook Club, New York City Date of examples: cup: April 1965; plate June 1969   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Brook is a private club located at 111 East 54th Street in Manhattan in New York City. "It was founded in 1903 by a group of

Manufacturer: Hutschenreuther China, Black Knight – Germany User: Crescent Athletic Club Date of platter: 1931   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Crescent Athletic Club was an athletic club in Brooklyn. Founded by a group of Yale University alumni in 1884 as an American football club, it later expanded to include other

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hallberg's, Seattle, Washington Distributor: Frederick & Nelson Date of platter: circa 1910 – 1915   Notes:  Swedish born Peter A. Hallberg arrived in Seattle as a sailor in 1888. He gave up the seafaring life for a job in the Union Bakery at 119 Pike Street, and

Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Lydecker's Northwood Inn – Butler, New Jersey Date of plate: 1968   Notes: Abram A. "Abe" Lydecker bought the New Blue Moon Inn, located on Route 23 in Butler, N.J., and renamed it Lydecker's Northwood Inn. It opened on May 30, 1947, according to Paterson's The

Manufacturer: Carr China Company User: Abdallah Shriners Distributor: James China Co. – Kansas City Date of pitcher and oblong pickle: Unknown   Notes: From the Abdallah Shriners website: "Abdallah Shriners are a part of Shriners International.  This fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief

Manufacturer: Mayer China User: Crescent Company Café and Rathskeller Pattern name: Burton Date of examples: mid-1930s   Notes: The Crescent Café at 723 Fourteenth Street, N.W. in the District of Columbia opened in 1933. According to a notice in the April 21, 1934, edition of the Times-Herald (shown above): "The

Manufacturer: Scammell China Name of User: Greider's Cafe, Decatur, Illinois Name of pattern: Patent design, 61,099 Distributor: American China & Glassware Co. Date of example: circa 1925-1954   Notes: Harvey D. Greider Sr. arrived in Decatur, Illinois, in 1890 and got a job in the Central Hotel. Around 1895, he left

Manufacturer: Unknown, likely Maddock Pottery Name of User: Greider's Cafe, Decatur, Illinois Distributor: Albert Pick & Co Date of example: early 1900s-1920s   Notes: Harvey D. Greider Sr. arrived in Decatur, Illinois, in 1890 and got a job in the Central Hotel. Around 1895, he left the hotel and went

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Lockheed VC-121E – Columbine III Date of bowl: 1960   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Dwight David 'Ike' Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he

Manufacturers: Bauscher and Maddock Pottery Name of user: Green Mill Gardens, Chicago, Illinois Date of Maddock examples: Circa 1914 – 1920 Date of Bauscher examples: 1914   Notes: Around 1907, Charles E. "Pop" Morse opened a saloon in Chicago at the corner of Lawrence Ave. and Broadway. In 1909, it was

Manufacturer: Fraunfelter China User: Byrd Antarctic Expeditions Date of plates: circa 1928 – 1933   Notes: From Wikipedia: "Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as

Manufacturer: Warwick China Pattern name: Underglazed Pattern #6177 Date of plate: 1948   Notes: This underglazed pattern by Warwick China was produced near the end of Warwick's existence and a nearly identical version was briefly produced by Carr China after it acquired Warwick's cylinders. White body plate with a burgundy

Manufacturer: Carr China User: Universalist Ladies Aid Society – ULAS Pattern name/line treatment: The Ballaret L-22 Date of examples: Circa 1920s-1930s Notes: The Universalist Ladies Aid Society is a women's organization within Universalist churches that focuses on charitable work and community support. Specifically, however, we know this pattern was used

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Ye Olde Tavern – Gray, Prospect Heights/Peoria, Illinois Pattern name: Royal #8080 Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of platter: Circa 1910 – 1920   Notes: Ye Olde Tavern, also known as Doc Gray's Ye Olde Tavern and Gray's Ye Olde Tavern, was located on the northeast corner

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Elite Chinese Restaurant, Los Angeles Date of plate: circa 1927 – 1944   Notes: A May 28, 1940, notice in Los Angeles's Daily News is the first mention found of the Elite Chinese Restaurant. It advertises: "Now open New Chinatown's smartest, most ultra-modern restaurant – The

Manufacturer: Scammell China Pattern name: Gies' Cafe, Easton, Penn. Distributor: Penn Hotel Supply Date of example: circa 1935-54   Notes: Gies' Cafe & Restaurant, located at 127-129 S. 3rd Street in Easton, Penn., was founded in 1899. By the 1950s it had a dining room that seated 225 guests. They advertised

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Gargoyle Restaurant Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of plate: Circa 1906 – 1919   Notes: The Gargoyle Restaurant at 304-06 Grand Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was built in 1906 by Gustave Pabst as an outlet for his Pabst Beer. The two-story dining room had tables on the

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Fraunces Tavern Name of pattern: #146 Beslin Border Distributor: L. Barth & Son Date of examples: 1907 – 1924   Notes: Fraunces Tavern, at 54 Pearl and Broad Streets in New York City, dates back to 1719, when it was built as a private home. Samuel Fraunces bought

Manufacturer: Royale Rego – Thailand User: American European Express (American Orient Express) Date of cup: circa 1989 – 1991   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The American Orient Express, formerly the American European Express, operated a single luxury passenger train set in charter service between 1989 and 2008 and operated on routes throughout

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Name of user:  Fleischmann's Pattern name/number: #6075, Fleischman Border Distributor: L. Barth & Sons Date of examples: circa 1900-1918   Notes: The Fleischmann brothers, founders of the Fleischmann Yeast Co., exhibited their product at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. At their exhibit they baked Vienna-style bread which

Manufacturer: Bauscher Bros., Germany Name of user:  Vienna Model Bakery Date of plate: circa 1910s – early 1920s   Notes: The Fleischmann brothers, founders of the Fleischmann Yeast Co., exhibited their product at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. At their exhibit they baked Vienna-style bread which customers could sample

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Meteor III Launch Plate Date of plate: Feb. 25, 1902   Notes: Wilhelm II governed the German Empire from 1888 to 1918, making him the last German Emperor. He was also the King of Prussia and belonged to the House of Hohenzollern. His grandmother was Queen Victoria

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