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House of Savoy Royal Family residence, menu, February 6, 1897

Date

1897-02-06

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Includes wine list. Features illustration of a woman picking roses, accompanied by a child, beside a seaport. A coat of arms with a white cross on a red background appears on the menu 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 27, 1897

Date

1897-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Includes wine list. Features illustration by Gino de Bini of a woman playing a lyre, and two cherubs holding a coat of arms with a white cross on a red background 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, January 29, 1887

Date

1887-01-29

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Includes wine list. Illustration features a wooden sign post, decorated with flowers, that bears a board with the word "Menu." A shield with a coat of arms appears in front of the post 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

Archival Collection

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, May 12, 1894

Date

1894-05-12

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Includes wine list. Floral illustrations featuring cherubs with a cornucopia of fruit, signed by Gino de Bini, decorate the menu. A coat of arms with a white cross on a red background appears at the top of the menu Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: House of Savoy Royal Family residence Location: Milan, Italy

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

Date

1889-02-18

Archival Collection

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, April 30, 1893

Date

1893-04-30

Archival Collection

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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Café Royal, menu, May 29, 1901

Date

1901-05-29

Archival Collection

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

Date

1891-04-18

Archival Collection

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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Hôtel d'Angleterre, dinner menu

Date

1870 to 1933

Archival Collection

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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