Manufacturers: Maddock Pottery and Scammell China
User: Hotel Mason – St. Petersburg, Florida
Date of examples: circa 1924-1925

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Notes: Former New York State steel magnate turned real estate builder, Franklin J. Mason  chartered the Mason Hotel Company on March 29, 1923. On May 24, 1923, a $750,000 building permit was issued for the nine-story, hotel, on the corner of 1st Avenue and 4th Street in St. Petersburg. The 250-room and bath Mason Hotel was completed in December 1924, at a cost of $2,000,000.  Franklin J. Mason and his Mason Hotel went bankrupt in 1926. This resulted in the Hotel being renamed the Princess Martha. The building survives in 2022, and is operated as a retirement facility.

Maddock began producing crested Lamberton China for the Mason while it was under construction. During the production of this china the Lamberton Works changed its name from Maddock to Scammell, so some pieces are back stamped with the "M" in a shield mark, while other pieces are marked with the Scammell "S" in a shield mark.

The Mason china made for use in the 250 bedrooms is crested in coin gold with an oval shield with "M" inside, scrollwork on top, three bellflowers down the sides.  Thick and thin coin gold lines are at rim.

For additional info:
Mason Hotel by Maddock Pottery and Scammell China
Princess Martha Hotel 2 by Scammell China

Contributor:
Author and photos: Larry Paul