Antique Silver Plate Egg Cup From The Historic Grand Hotel Lutetia Paris
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:45817668 | Type of Advertising: Silver hollowware |
| Color: Silver | Country/Region of Manufacture: France |
| Featured Refinements: Hotel Silver | Original/Reproduction: Original |
This is a fine antique silver plate egg cup from the historic Grand Hotel Lutetia in Paris. The egg cup stands 2 inches high and is 1 3/4 inches in diameter at the top and 1 7/8 inches in diameter at the base. The cup has a classic French design and the name “LUTETIA” on the side. Modest wear. The top and base are sightly out of round, otherwise, very good condition.
Domestic First Class Mail shipping is $4.50. Please contact for international shipping costs....r>The Hotel Lutetia was built in 1910 across the square from the department store Le Bon Marché to serve the store’s wealthy clientele. The grand hotel was a combination of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. Four years after the hotel opened World War One erupted and the Lutetia was used as a military hospital and convalescence center. After the war, the hotel was the temporary Paris home to James Joyce, Charlie Chaplin, Charles de Gaulle, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, François Truffaut, Isadora Duncan, Peggy Guggenheim, Thomas Mann, and Josephine Baker. Charles de Gaulle and his bride spent their honeymoon at the hotel in 1921.
In June 1940, war again transformed the Hotel Lutetia when Hitler’s armies burst through the Maginot Line, invading France. France surrendered, collapsed, fell, as Marshal Philippe Pétain signed an armistice agreement.
On June 15, 1940, the Nazis took over the Lutetia. The hotel became headquarters of the counterintelligence unit, the Abwehr, in their fight against the French Resistance.
When the Germans left Paris in 1944 and the allied armies pushed into Germany, thousands of French deportees started to return to France. The Nazis had deported 166, 000 people from France to German concentration camps: their numbers included 76, 000 Jews, among them 11, 000 children, and many of the rest were members of the Resistance. Only about 48, 000 deportees returned. General de Gaulle requisitioned the Hotel Lutetia to process the returning deportees, helping them return to life after the concentration camps.
The Hotel Lutetia sold in 2010 for $190 million and recently underwent a $234 million renovation. Today it is the only grand hotel on the Left Bank.
Domestic First Class Mail shipping is $4.50. Please contact for international shipping costs.
In June 1940, war again transformed the Hotel Lutetia when Hitler’s armies burst through the Maginot Line, invading France. France surrendered, collapsed, fell, as Marshal Philippe Pétain signed an armistice agreement.
On June 15, 1940, the Nazis took over the Lutetia. The hotel became headquarters of the counterintelligence unit, the Abwehr, in their fight against the French Resistance.
When the Germans left Paris in 1944 and the allied armies pushed into Germany, thousands of French deportees started to return to France. The Nazis had deported 166, 000 people from France to German concentration camps: their numbers included 76, 000 Jews, among them 11, 000 children, and many of the rest were members of the Resistance. Only about 48, 000 deportees returned. General de Gaulle requisitioned the Hotel Lutetia to process the returning deportees, helping them return to life after the concentration camps.
The Hotel Lutetia sold in 2010 for $190 million and recently underwent a $234 million renovation. Today it is the only grand hotel on the Left Bank.
