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Hotel Silver

Reed & Barton Silver Plate

Small Oval Platter

Hotel Imperial

Tampico, Mexico

We offer a hotel silver oval platter from the Hotel Imperial in Tampico, Mexico. The silver plate platter was manufactured by Reed & Barton and has no date mark. The Hotel Imperial was officially dedicated in 1904 which dates the platter from 1904 to 1928, when Reed & Barton began using date marks. In 1937, the hotel became an embassy for a few years, then reopened as Imperial Reforma Hotel.

The Hotel Imperial was the first in Mexico to include a nightclub and welcomed many international celebrities including Cantinflas, Orson Wells, and Sergei Einsenstein.

The oval platter is stamped:

 

(Eagle over Globe Hallmark)

MFD & PLATED

BY

REED & BARTON

STAUNTON MASS

27H

1 PORTION

HOTEL IMPERIAL

TAMPICO. MEXICO

The platter weighs 10.1 ounces and measures 7 5/8" in length, 5 1/8" in width and 3/4" in height.

In gently used condition with scratches and wear appropriate for age and commercial use.