OFFERING a SILVERPLATE MASTER SALT SPOON 
FROM THE "HOTEL RICHELIEU",
WHICH WAS LOCATED AT 318 S. MICHIGAN AVE
IN CHICAGO

SEE VIEWS ABOVE

OPENED IN 1885 BY H. V. BEMIS, IT WAS AT THE TIME
THE MOST EXTRAVAGANT AND SUMPTUOUS HOTEL
IN THE WORLD, DUBBED
"THE DELMONICO'S OF CHICAGO"

IT OPERATED FROM 1885 UNTIL SOMETIME IN 1895,
WHEN THE BUILDING WAS TAKEN OVER BY A
FURNITURE MANUFACTURER

IT IS A SMALL BUILDING TUCKED BETWEEN TWO
TOWERING STRUCTURES
(see the last view)

YOU ARE NOT BIDDING ON THIS AD IN THE LAST VIEW,
JUST THE SPOON FROM THE HOTEL

THE BUILDING IS STILL THERE AND HAS BEEN 
TURNED INTO LUXURY HOUSING UNITS

THIS, I BELIEVE, IS A MASTER SALT SPOON
(not an individual salt spoon)

IT IS SHAPED LIKE A CAVIAR SPOON, BUT
COULD NOT BE, SINCE YOU WOULD NOT USE
METAL TO SERVE CAVIAR

MADE BY and MARKED
"1847 ROGERS BROS. A1"
(International Silver)
ON THE BACK OF THE HANDLE

THE FRONT TOP OF THE HANDLE
IS ENGRAVED
"HOTEL RICHELIEU"

SO THIS IS A PIECE OF SILVERPLATE THAT
WAS USED AT THAT HOTEL FOR THAT SHORT TIME
(1885-1895)

SIZE 4 3/4" LONG x 7/8" WIDE
(at the widest part of the bowl)

I COLLECTED THESE LITTLE SPOONS FOR OVER 40 YEARS

HATE TO PART WITH THEM BUT...

THEY HAVE BEEN IN A SILVER CHEST FOR ABOUT
20 YEARS (unopened)

MANY MORE TO BE LISTED!

A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ANTIQUE ADVERTISING SPOON

I CAN NOT FIND ANOTHER PIECE OF SILVERPLATE
FROM THIS HOTEL ANYWHERE

REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT BIDDING ON THE AD
SHOWN IN THE LAST VIEW, JUST THE SPOON

BID NOW!