VINTAGE DRAKE HOTEL, NEW YORK-SILVER SOLDERED CREAMER-INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO.

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FOR  YOUR CONSIDERATION:
A VINTAGESILVER SOLDERED
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CREAMER
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DRAKE HOTEL, NEW YORK
Vintage Silver Soldered creamer marked in the front with a D representing the Drake Hotel, New York.  The underneath is marked International Silver Co., Silver Soldered Hotel Drake, New York, with numbers 05007A, 1
1/2
oz, followed with a square with 50 inside it.
This vintage treasure is sure to be loved. Do not miss out on  this rare item, since the Hotel Drake does not exist anymore.
Do not let this treasure get away.  This would look great in someone's china cabinet.
Some Information on the Hotel Drake
The hotel was built in1926 by the real estate organization of
Bing & Bing
.It was a 21-floor complex with 495 rooms. According to one source, "it boasted innovations such as automatic refrigeration as well as spacious, luxurious rooms and suites".
Fauchon
chocolates was located on the ground floor.
Notable residents
Silent film star
Lillian Gish
lived at the hotel from 1946 to 1949. Other notable guests included
Frank Sinatra
,
Muhammad Ali
,
Judy Garland
,
Jimi Hendrix
and
Glenn Gould
.  Restaurateur
Toots Shor
lived there in his final years.  Songwriter
Jerome Kern
collapsed on the sidewalk in front of the Drake on November 5, 1945.
In the 1960s and1970s, the Drake Hotel was the preferred accommodation in New York for a number of touring
rock bands
, such as
Zeppelin
and
The Who
. During their stay there in July 1973, Led Zeppelin had 3,000 in cash stolen from a safe deposit box at the hotel. The money was never recovered and the identity of the thief or thieves has never been discovered. The band later sued the Drake Hotel for the theft. The British rock band
Slade
stayed at the hotel on October 6, 1973 after their gig at the New York Academy of Music. Another British rock band
Sweet
made The Drake their home away from home during gruelling tours in the USA in the 1970s.
In 1982, The Drake hotel accommodated singers
Karen Carpenter
and
Olivia Newton-John
. Carpenterwas a California resident who sought treatment for an
eating disorder
from Manhattanpsychotherapist
Steven Levenkron
.
The Drake Room, opened in 1945, was the Drake's restaurant, presided over by
Beniamino Schiavon
("Mr. Nino of the Drake") from its opening until1968.
Cy Walter
played piano from its opening to 1951, and then from 1959 until at least 1966.
The Drake's nightclub, Shepheard's, was touted as New York's first
discotheque
and the most fashionable of the mid-1960s with celebrities like
Lee Radziwill
and
Julie Newmar
dancing to a disc jockey until 3 a.m. seven days a week, despite its tiny dance floor. The club even had printed and distributed cards entitled, “How to Do the Newest Discotheque Dances at Shepheard's in New York's Drake Hotel” with step-by-step instructions to dance the
Jerk
,
Watusi
,
Frug
and the
Monkey
.
Demolition and redevelopment
The hotel was acquired in the early 1980s by the
Swissotel
company of Zurich, which renamed it
Swissotel The Drake
and undertook a million room-by-room renovation of the building. The hotel received positive national exposure, as the
syndicated
talk show
Donahue
used the hotel to accommodate the show's guests, in exchange for a mention of it on each episode. Renovations were completed in 1991. In 2006 the hotel was sold for 0 million
It was demolished in 2007, and the site became one of NewYork's most valuable development sites in 2011. In mid-2012, construction began on a 1,398-foot (426 m) residential skyscraper,
432Park Avenue
, on the site.
the tower topped out in October 2014,
becoming the
tallest building in New York City
by roof height, and the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere at the time of its completion.
Condition is as follows: The Creamer appear to be relatively good condition for its age. Was heavily tarnished, we polished it up a bit to better present the item, I suggest that it will need to be polished by a professional. The outside and inside of the creamer does have pitting and scratches.
Approximate dimensions, are as follows:
2” tall - 3
1/2
” wide from spout to handle
Please take a look at the provided photographs, for a better view of the description.
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