Manufacturer: Buffalo China User: The Mayflower Hotel – Washington, DC Pattern/Body: Lune Lamelle Date of platter: 1930s   Notes: The Mayflower Hotel, known locally as The Mayflower, is a historic hotel located at 1129 Connecticut Avenue at L Street, Washington, D.C. Designed by Warren & Westport, the ten-story, 1,000-room hotel opened February

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: The Mayflower Hotel Date of service plate: 1930   Notes: The 12-floor, 450-room Mayflower Hotel opened its doors May 18, 1931 at 263 South Main Street in Akron, Ohio. In 1956, it became the Sheraton-Mayflower Hotel. It is now the Mayflower Manor (apartments). The September 1931 issue

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Mayflower Doughnut Corporation Date of bowl: circa 1930s   Notes: Adolph Levitt opened the first Mayflower Doughnut Shop in 1931 at Broadway and West 45th Street in New York City. To attract customers, he featured a working doughnut machine in the shop's window. Eventually there were 18

Manufacturer: Wallace China User: Mayflower Doughnut Corporation Date of cup: 1959 Notes: Adolph Levitt opened the first Mayflower Doughnut Shop in 1931 at Broadway and West 45th Street in New York City. To attract customers, he featured a working doughnut machine in the shop"s window. Eventually there were 18 Mayflower Doughnut

Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: Mayflower Doughnut Corporation Date of cup: 1940-1960 Notes: Adolph Levitt opened the first Mayflower Doughnut Shop in 1931 at Broadway and West 45th Street in New York City. To attract customers, he featured a working doughnut machine in the shop's window. Eventually there were 18 Mayflower Doughnut

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Mayflower Doughnut Corporation Date of pedestal mug: 1966   Notes: Adolph Levitt opened the first Mayflower Doughnut Shop in 1931 at Broadway and West 45th Street. To attract customers, he featured a working doughnut machine in the shop's window. Eventually there were 18 Mayflower Doughnut Shops across

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Mayflower Doughnut Corporation Dates of examples: 1939 – 1950s   Notes: Adolph Levitt opened the first Mayflower Doughnut Shop in 1931 at Broadway and West 45th Street in New York City. To attract customers, he featured a working doughnut machine in the shop's window. Eventually there were

Manufacturer: Shenango China Pattern: Mayflower Date of creamer: 1912 – 1920s   Notes: White body creamer with a band of blue flowers and brown acanthus leaves. ID and photos contributed by dbstoneware

Manufacturer: Mayer China User/Pattern: Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Distributor: Minners & Co. Inc., NY Date of platter: 1967   Notes: Mauna Kea Beach Hotel was founded by Laurance S. Rockefeller in 1965 on the Kohala coast of the big island of Hawaii. Built by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the hotel design