Manufacturer:  Scammell China Co.
User: Haversham Inn, Westerly, Rhode Island
Date of examples: Circa 1924-1954

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Notes: What is now the Haversham Inn was built around 1870 by Capt. William Sidney Gavitt and was first used as a boarding house named Ocean View House. The dining room seated about 30 guests. In 1901, it was sold to Thomas W. Wiles, who had it moved back from the road and remodeled as his summer house. In 1924, it was sold to Ward Sherman, who opened it as the Haversham Inn. As of 2025, it continues to operate as a restaurant under the name The Haversham Tavern (with plain white china).

Scammell produced Lamberton china crested with the head of a Native American chief decal, with "Haversham Inn" curved below. The brick red border has panels containing crossed stone mallets, tomahawks, bow and arrow, snowshoes, and a quiver of arrows.

This border is Scammell's version of a border created by Mabel Woods Hinrichs that was patented in 1911 (DES 41,090). Scammell used it for at least one other customer, "Darcy's."

The Native American chief illustration is one of the logos shown in the 1931 Scammell Lamberton catalog. The custom china that Scammell created for Haversham Inn is a combination of an existing border and crest, with the addition of the name. It may have been initially ordered in 1924.

Sources:
Westerly Historical Society, Westerly, RI – August 1, 1950
Westerly Sun newspaper article with history of ownership; photo of Capt. Gavitt, and spoon owned by Gavitt family

Contributor:
Larry Paul: author