Manufacturer: Shenango
User: Lombardy Inn
Date of cup: circa 1908 – circa 1920

Tufts Digital Library Image: 130-140 Boylston Street, ca. 1910. If you look closely on the wall of the alley, you will see a sign with an arrow that says Lombardy on it (lower left).

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Notes: The Lombardy Inn was an Italian restaurant, located on Boylston Place, an alley off 130-140 Boylston St., in Boston, near the Colonial Theatre. The restaurant was certified Jan. 10, 1908.

From The New York Times, December 13, 1919: "Boston, Dec. 12, A petition in Bankruptcy was filed here today by the Lombardy Inn, Inc. of Boston, with liabilities of $68,802 and assets of $10,800."

Also an ad from THE TECH, BOSTON, MASS., DECEMBER 16, 1911:

White body, black bands with red laurel leaves between on outside. A sign with Lombardy Inn on the inside of the cup in red.

ID and photos contributed by dbstoneware