Archive 1
Lotus Club
Manufacturer: William Guerin & Co., Limoges, France User: Lotus Club Distributor: Burley & Company China, Chicago Date of plate: Unknown   Note: Lotus Club, located in Seabreeze, Florida. No further information can be found on this club. Seabreeze dates it to pre-1926 when the towns of Daytona on the mainland and
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Lott Hotels Inc
Manufacturer: L. Hutschenreuther AG User: Lott Hotels Inc., Chicago, IL Date of plate: 1926   Note: Small hotel chain located in Chicago, IL with all three hotels on Lincoln Park West. The 400-room Parkway Hotel was completed in 1918, and later became the Pierre Condominium Association; the 450-room Webster Hotel was
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Lost Tree Club
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Lost Tree Club Date of plates: 1977 (with name) and 1982 (without name)   Notes: Website. The Lost Tree Club is located at 11520 Lost Tree Way in North Palm Beach, Florida. It filed as a domestic for-profit corporation in the state of Florida on March 4, 1974.
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Los Angeles Country Club
Manufacturer: Hutschenreuther, Bavaria User: Los Angeles Country Club Date of sauce boat: 1920 – 1939   Notes: Located at 10101 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, Calif., the Los Angeles Country Club is a private, member-equity Club established in 1897. "In the fall of 1897, a group of Los Angelenos organized a
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Los Angeles Athletic Club
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Los Angeles Athletic Club, 431 West Seventh Street, Los Angeles, CA Date: 1923 and 1973   Notes: Founded in 1880 by 40 prominent Angelenos, the club has had numerous locations during its history. Members included Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Jack London, William Randolph Hearst, and Eddy Rickenbacker In
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Lord Simcoe Hotel
Manufacturer: W.H. Grindley, England User: Lord Simcoe Hotel Date of plate: 1973   Notes: Constructed in 1956-57, the Lord Simcoe Hotel was located at 150 King St. West and University Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 20-story concrete and glass post-modern building was designed by Henry T. Langston and Peter Dickson.
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Lord Nelson Hotel
Manufacturer: John Maddock & Sons User: Lord Nelson Hotel Date of cup & saucer: circa 1896 – circa 1946   Notes: Located on Spring Garden Road, overlooking the beautiful Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) Public Gardens, this beautiful hotel was built of native materials by local people. Construction started in 1927, and
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Lord Jeffrey Inn
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Lord Jeffrey Inn, Amherst, MA Date of Service Plate: 1937   Notes: Built pre-1927, the elegant 75-room Lord Jeffrey Inn is very popular with alumnae and parents of students at Phillips Andover and Phillips Exeter Academies. ID and photos contributed by dbstoneware
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Lord Baltimore Hotel
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Lord Baltimore Hotel Date of service plate: 1928   Notes: The Lord Baltimore is a 22-story, 700-room hotel built at 20 West Baltimore Street, in Baltimore, Maryland. It opened December 30, 1928. After a renovation in 1981, it was placed on the National Register in 1982. The
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