Manufacturer : Maddock Pottery
User: The Portland
Pattern #352 Taft border
Date of plate: Circa 1918-1924

Detail of plate

Detail of platter

The logo as it appeared on 1922 envelope

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Notes: The six-story Portland was located at 1129 Vermont Avenue and 14th Street at Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. It opened as an apartment house named Portland Flats in 1880. By 1923, it was operating as a 175-room hotel. It closed around 1940 and was converted into an office building. The building was torn down in 1962.

The design is crested in the center of the well with illustration of a bird's head, facing left; frescent shape on neck; torse ribbon bar below neck. The banner is curved below with "The Portland," all in blue transfer.

This is Lamberton's version of Syracuse China's #42200 Taft Border, and it is also the same as Buffalo China's Savarin pattern.

Sources:
"Best Addresses, A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses," by James M. Goode, 1988;
R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1906 Directory; and
"Capital Losses," by James M. Goode.

ID contributed by L Paul
Photos contributed by eBay seller 304hilltop