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House of Savoy royal family residence, dinner menu, February 18, 1889

Date
1889-02-18
Description
Note: Includes wine list. The House of Savoy coat of arms, monograms (U and M) and roses beneath a crown with ribbons illustrate the side of the menu. The monogram U M is likely to refer to Umbert I, king of Italy, and his wife Margherita Teresa Giovanna Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: House of Savoy Royal Family residence Location: Rome, Italy

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House of Savoy Royal Family residence, menu, February 25, 1897

Date
1897-02-25
Description
Note: Includes wine list. Two different House of Savoy coats of arms appear on shields at the top of the menu. Illustration also includes blue ribbon labeled "FERT" and red white and blue horizontally striped ribbon Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: House of Savoy Royal Family residence Location: Florence, Italy

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House of Savoy Royal Family residence, menu, April 30, 1893

Date
1893-04-30
Description
Note: Crown and monograms with the acronym "FERT" appear on cover. The M in the word "Menu" incorporates the eagle of the House of Savoy coat of arms. Includes wine list. The U in the monogram below the crown refers to Umberto I who was king of Italy from 1878 to 1900 Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: House of Savoy Royal Family residence Location: Naples, Italy

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Cercle des Capucines menu, lunch, September 25, 1909

Date
1909-09-25
Description
Note: Handwritten menu. Features illustration of five women and a cherub figure, signed by Gaston Linden, 1894. One woman is painting or drawing; another is playing a stringed instrument; another is raising a glass in a toast; another, holding an armful of books, appears to be writing the menu with a quill; a nude woman holds a cornucopia Restaurant: Cercle de Capucines Location: Paris, France

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Hôtel d'Angleterre, dinner menu

Date
1870 to 1933
Description
Note: The Grand Hotel d'Angleterre was built in the 19th century across from Syntagma Square, Athens; it was demolished after World War II; the menu does not indicate the hotel location but "Athens Greece" is handwritten on the menu; Emblems have elements ( (lion, unicorn and motto) from the British royal family coat of arms. It is unclear whether this emblem is the hotel logo Restaurant: Grand Hôtel d'Angleterre (Athens, Greece) Location: Athens, Greece

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House of Savoy Royal Family residence, menu, February 8, 1886

Date
1886-02-08
Description
Note: Includes wine list. Illustration by Gino de Bini shows a boy and girl on a balcony decorated with flowers and grapevines. The boy is wearing a feathered cap and a tunic with a House of Savoy emblem of a white cross on a red background, and he holds a banner with the House of Savoy coat of arms on it. The girl is dropping roses from the balcony Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: House of Savoy Royal Family residence Location: Rome, Italy

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Menu for the farewell dinner to the Right Hon. Lord Randolph S. Churchill, M. P., April 18, 1891, Amphitryon Club

Date
1891-04-18
Description
Note: Menu is printed on fabric (possibly silk). "Joseph Guedalla, Esq." printed at top left. Guedalla was "a member of the Executive of the Reform League" in Great Britain. At the top of the menu is the coat of arms of the Churchill family with its motto "Fiel Pero Desdichado." Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Amphitryon Club Location: 41 Albemarle Street, W., London, England

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Café Royal, menu, May 29, 1901

Date
1901-05-29
Description
Note: Adorned with pink and navy blue ribbons on cover; cover has scalloped edges. Emblem of the Charterhouse School (originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse), with its motto "Deo Dante Dedi," at upper left of cover. Emblem of Ermysted's Grammar School, with its motto "Suivez La Raison," in center of cover. Coat of arms of the University of Oxford, with its motto "Domimina Nustio Illvmea," on lower right of cover. Charterhouse School (Godalming, Surrey, England); Ermysted's Grammar School (Skipton, North Yorkshire, England); University of Oxford (Oxford, England) Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Café Royal Location: 68 Regent Street, W., London, England

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