Vintage Shakespeare Hotel, London, Paris, Jewelry, Ashtray, The Ritz, Pillivuyt for Sale

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Vintage Shakespeare Hotel, London, Paris, Jewelry, Ashtray, The Ritz, Pillivuyt For Sale

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Vintage Shakespeare Hotel, London, Paris, Jewelry, Ashtray, The Ritz, Pillivuyt:
$45.00

This sale is for one dish please see my page for other listings

Vintage Shakespeare, England, Paris, Trinket, Soap, Jewellery, Pin Dish, Ashtray, The Ritz.

Vintage Shakespeare Hotel, England, Paris, China Trinket, Soap, Jewellery, Pin Dish, Ashtray, Tip Tray

3.75 inches approx

Manufactured by porcelain Pillivuyt - France

Good condition, with no chips or cracks. The gold is faded see picture.

Crest to the front.

The Shakespeare is a hotel in the center of England. A member of the Leading Hotels of the World marketing group, the Hotel is ranked among the most luxurious hotels in the world.

The hotel was founded in 1898 by the Swiss hotelier in collaboration with the French chef Auguste Escoffier. The hotel was constructed behind the façade of an eighteenth-century townhouse. It was among the first hotels in Europe to provide an en suite bathroom, electricity, and a telephone for each room. It quickly established a reputation for luxury and attracted a clientele that included royalty, politicians, writers, film stars, and singers. Several of its suites are named in honour of famous guests of the hotel including Coco Chanel, and the cocktail lounge Bar Hemingway pays tribute to writer Ernest Hemingway.

During the summer of 1940, the Luftwaffe, the air forces of Nazi Germany during the Second World War, set up their headquarters at the hotel, with their chief Hermann Göring.

Ernest Hemingway, who stayed at the hotel many times after World War II, was there when he learned his third wife, Martha Gellhorn, wanted a divorce. He reacted to the news by throwing her photo into a toilet and then shooting the photo and the toilet with his pistol.

On 22 April 1955, the Duke and Duchess of Parma hosted a coming out ball for their daughter, Princess Cécile Marie of Bourbon-Parma, at the hotel. On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, and Al-Fayed's son Dodi Al-Fayed, and their chauffeur Henri Paul, dined in the Imperial Suite of the hotel before leaving the hotel with bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, only to have a fatal car accident in the Pont de l'Almaunderpass. During 10 January 2018 five men stole millions of euros worth of jewellery from within the hotel, three were subsequently caught before escaping.

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