Regal China Corporation

There are several dates thrown about for the time frame of when The Regal China Company was founded. According to Mike Schneider, The Complete Cookie Jar Book the company was founded in the late 1920s - 1930 by Herman Kravitz in Chicago, Illinois. The fact is certainly sketchy when it comes to the older companies*. 

To back his date up, Schneider also states that Catherine Miller was hired as a decorator for the company in 1930. Which would make it almost a decade older than other sources claim? The company later moved to Antioch (about 50 miles north) in 1940.

In 1968 the company became a part of the James Beam Distilling Company. A perfect fit since Regal had been producing Jim Beam Bottles since 1955(?) and continued until the company stopped manufacturing.​

There are several dates thrown about for the time frame of when The Regal China Company was founded. According to Mike Schneider, The Complete Cookie Jar Book the company was founded in the late 1920s - 1930 by Herman Kravitz in Chicago, Illinois. The fact is certainly sketchy when it comes to the older companies*. 

To back his date up, Schneider also states that Catherine Miller was hired as a decorator for the company in 1930. Which would make it almost a decade older than other sources claim? The company later moved to Antioch (about 50 miles north) in 1940.

In 1968 the company became a part of the James Beam Distilling Company. A perfect fit since Regal had been producing Jim Beam Bottles since 1955(?) and continued until the company stopped manufacturing.​