Vintage retailer Morton Parker Silver Bowl, from Historic Lord Simcoe Hotel, Toronto, MCM Serving Dish, Morton Parker EPNS Silverplate, piece 124

A wonderful piece of Canadian history you can display and use :) This retailer vintage hotel silver covered server is hallmarked Lord Simcoe Hotel by Morton Parker, EPNS, piece 124.

Measures:
15 cm (6") diameter
5.5 cm (2") tall

Hotel silver is a very heavy silver plate, usually triple-plated to make it durable for hotel and commercial use. Perfect for serving butter or cheeses, this piece has been well used and the imperfections add to the patina.

Lord Simcoe Hotel was one of many of lost hotels in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built in 1956, the 20 storey concrete and glass modernist structure was designed by Henry T. Langston and Peter Dickinson. The hotel was named for John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and a resident of York, Upper Canada (now Toronto). The name was somewhat incorrect as Simcoe was never called himself a Lord.