1890s 1900s RED LION INN HOTEL RESTAURANT WARE PLATE, STOCKBRIDGE, MA, ANTIQUE. Hotel restaurant plate from “The Red Lion Inn” of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a historic inn established in 1773. Marked with shield and floral border in brown transfer. The oval plate measures 7″ length x 5″ width x 1.5 height. Maddock’s Lamberton China of Trenton, NJ back-stamp (M China L) dates between the 1890’s to 1911. The crest is dated 1897, when the inn was rebuilt after a devastating fire. The plate was distributed by Mitchell, Woodbury Co. The plate has mild utensil wear to the finish and 2 small places above the crest where the glaze is imperfect from the firing. The piece is in very good condition.