Responses to Estate Sale Finding By Lisa Ackerman Baldwin

I found this on ebay and I think it answers the who what and when of Lisa’s musings about the restaurant ware plate.

1930s Matchbook Steuben Restaurant and Vienna Room 114 Boylston Street Boston MA

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1930s-Matchbook-Steuben-Restaurant-and-Vienna-Room-114-Boylston-Street-Boston-MA-/191692058406?hash=item2ca1bcaf26:g:dfYAAOSw9r1V-Mxh

Margaret Mallo

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Two questions for Lisa Ackerman Baldwin; did you buy it? and what is the symbol behind the name?
Sorry I can’t answer your question.

John Styler

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I’m sure you have a number of responses to the inquiry in today’s Gazette. When I was growing up in Corning The Baron Steuben Hotel ,and its restaurant. was the place to go for special occasions, etc. It was also the home of the Corning coffee club where a number of men, including my father and Bob Rockwell along with other men from the downtown area, city government, and the Glass Works met daily to talk about what was happening in the community. My guess would be that the plate came from there, however I have a stoneware plate that came from a tavern in NY, and friends from IL have told me there are many references to Baron Von Steuben throughout that state as well. Of course they don’t know how to pronounce it right …!

Jan Bevan

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In Corning, NY there was a hotel named The Baron Steuben Hotel. It was a large brick building and still stands. In its’ day it was one of the finest hotels in the area from the 1930s to the mid 1970s when it was closed. It had 100 rooms, air conditioning, a coffee shop, a lounge bar and a dining room called the Emerald Room. As to the Steuben plate, the hotel most assuredly used glassware made by Corning Glass Works.

Marion Louden