Southern St Louis- a distributor?

[matthanne1]

Found two 5" bowls, unknown maker but with a tan body and a thin green stripe on the outside. Underneath they are both marked this way:



There is no Southern St Louis railway or such that I found, is this a distributor?

[Jackie]

Southern Hotel or the Southern Restaurant??

[matthanne1]

Good ideas! Sadly, the bowls are very plain, no logo, just a green thin stripe around the outside. Same color as the backstamp.

Thanks!
Matt

[Jackie]

Yup, it would be hard to pin down with no logos or exclusive pattern. But I am still guessing restaurant or hotel over a distributor. The key word being guessing.

[itsagas]

Any further info on this topic? I found two of these room service sugars(?). Dimensions are 2" X 3 1/4" X 2" high.

http://www.deadzoom.com/member/itsagas/stlou.jpg

http://www.deadzoom.com/member/itsagas/stlou1.jpg

[Jackie]

sugars(?).

I would call it an open sugar.

[krisbaker]

The New York Times has an archived article, published October 8, 1863, about "The Southern Hotel" in St Louis.
http://www.nytimes.com/1863/10/08/ne...-st-louis.html