Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery
Distributor: Albert Pick
User: Hotel Winton – Cleveland, Ohio
Date of examples:  circa 1917 – 1924

Ball Roon and Banquet Room at the Hotel Winton

A banquet with a band set up in the Hotel Winton Ballroom

Another set up in the Hotel Winton Ballroom

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Notes: The Hotel Winton at 1012 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio opened Thursday, December 20, 1917. This 11-story hotel contained 600 rooms with private baths. It was named for Cleveland's automotive pioneer, Alexander Winton, owner of the Winton Motor Car Co. The two-level 900-seat Rainbow Room, in the basement, was equipped with the facilities to turn the center of the room into an ice rink. The coffee shop seated 250. There was an Old English Grill Room. The 104' by 56' ballroom was on the mezzanine floor.

The Great Depression led to financial problems and in 1931, the Winton was taken over by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. The hotel was renovated and reopened December 16, 1932, as the Carter. It was named in honor of Lorenzo Carter who arrived in Cleveland in 1797 and was the cities first innkeeper.  In 1942, Met Life sold the Carter to the Albert Pick Hotel Company, and it was renamed Pick-Carter Hotel. A $1 million renovation in 1969 lowered the room count while updating the facilities. A fire on April 14,1971, killed seven people and injured many others. The hotel did not reopen after the fire. It was later converted into a 270-unit apartment building known as Carter Manor. In 2021, there were plans to renovate and modernize Carter Manor.

Maddock created four different china services for the Winton. Three are on Lamberton China and one is on Trenton China body.

The Lamberton China pattern for banquet service contains a "W" within a laurel wreath crest in the decal swag and urn border design. The design is based on the First Empire design of a Napoleonic Sevres pattern. The original order was for a thousand plates. Albert Pick & Co was the supplier but is not listed on the back stamp of known pieces.

Source:
Hotel World, Jan 5, 1918 – ten-page article about hotel with pictures of rooms and information on china order

For additional info:
Winton Hotel 2
Winton Hotel 3
Carter Hotel

Contributor:
Author and photos: Larry Paul