Pink Elephant Coasters (Set of 4) Italy Mayflower donuts were so popular

Mayflower donuts were so popular there were constant lines outside the shops with people waiting eagerly for plump

and Seneca

Introduced in 1876

The 1940s and 1950s saw the Art Deco styled New Yorker at the peak of its popularity and it was widely regarded as one of New York's most fashionable hotels

Pink Elephant Coasters (Set of 4) Italy Mayflower donuts were so popularArtwork adapted from the original 1930s restaurant art. Set of four cork backed coasters (10x10cm), made in the UK, with a wipe clean hard wearing gloss finish surface. The euphemism seeing pink elephants was first used in the 19th century to describe the hallucinations experienced by drinkers of absinthe, the anise flavoured and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture, especially among artists and writers in Paris. Vincent Van