Manufacturer: Keramikos, Athens Greece User: Hotel Grande Bretagne Date of ashtray: Unknown Notes: The hotel is located in Syntagma Square, Athens 10564, Greece, and was originally built as the home of a wealthy Greek in 1842. In 1874, it was purchased by Efstathios Lampsas, a former cook who worked in the

Manufacturer: J&G Meakin, England User/Pattern: Grand Pacific Hotel, Fiji Date of plate: post-WWII – 1963 Notes: Built by the United Steamship Company in 1914 to serve the needs of passengers on transpacific routes, the Grand Pacific Hotel – also known as the GPH – is located on the Victoria Parade sea

Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Grand Hotel Date of plate: 1960 Notes: Website: http://www.grandhotel.com. Designed by Alphonzo F. Howe, the original structure of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Mich., was built in three months and opened July 10, 1887. Originally four-stories tall, in 1897 a 50-room west wing was built. In 1917,

Manufacturer: Hutschenreuther, Bavaria User: Hotel Granada Distributor: Pick-Barth Co. Date of creamer: 1927 Notes: Opened in 1927 by the Joseph John Lannin Hotel Co., the 15-story Hotel Granada was located at the corner of 266-268 Ashland Place and 13 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y. It advertised 400 rooms with bath, a

Manufacturer: Iroquois China User: Hotel Gramatan Inc. Date of service plate: 1948 Notes: Located in Bronxville, New York, the Hotel Gramatan was built in 1905. Replacing an earlier inn, the Spanish-style hotel was made to accommodate the large influx of artists and writers when the village became popular at the turn-of-the-century.

Manufacturer: Carr China Pattern name: Grafton Date: Late 1930s – circa mid-1940s Note: Flowering vines in shades of green and brown circle the plate's rim. The flowers are dark blue and orange or rust. Photos contributed by ebay seller 42selleb

Manufacturer: McNicol China User: Graeffenburg Inn Date of plate: 1931 – 1960s Notes: Named for a famous Austrian spa, the Graeffenburg Inn opened in 1849 in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania. Located within the boundaries of Caledonia State Park the inn offered lodging, dinning and "health springs." In its early years it served as

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Grace Line (W.R. Grace & Co.) Date of cup and saucer: 1939 Notes: Used on one of the GRACE Line ships owned and operated by W.R. Grace & Company. Starting in 1832, the company's history spans a century. For a period of time, Grace's main business interest was

Manufacturer: Bauscher Brothers and Mayer China User: Governor Clinton Hotel Distributor (Mayer): Maddock & Miller Inc., New York City Date: Bauscher plate, 1930; Mayer plate, 1940s-50s Notes: The 31-story, 1200-room Governor Clinton Hotel was located on 7th Avenue and 31st Street in New York City. It was designed by Murgatroyd &