Manufacturer: Scammell China
User: The Wellington – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of example: circa 1928 – 1944

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Notes: The 15-story, 300-room Wellington, at 19th & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened around 1925. Around 1943, it became a Sheraton hotel and was renamed The Sheraton Philadelphia. By 2020, it had been converted into apartments.

Scammell made a Lamberton China service for the Wellington on Ivory body china. The four-part shield crest is in red and yellow.  The three-section banner below contains "Virtutis" "Fortuna" "Comes." (Fortune is the companion of valor – the motto of the Duke of Wellington).  A more elaborate version of this crest was used on International Silver teapots that are bottom marked "The Wellington Phila. PA."  A red line and pin line flank the crest.

Contributor:
Author and photos: Larry Paul