Dinner menu, ROTTERDAM, May 2, 1973

menu

EPHEMERA
Holland-America Line
before 1973-05-02
paper
overall: 11-1/2 x 7-3/4 in.

Steamship memorabilia, dinner menu, ROTTERDAM (built 1956-1958), May 2, 1973; color reproduction of "Het Waaierkabinet" (Fan Cabinet); inside features dinner menu; printed inside "Cover depicts:/ Vellum fan with painting of Neptune and Amphi-/ trite in a chariot, surrounded by a court of tritons,/ nereids, sea-horses, dolphins and cupids with/ bows and arrows. Ivory cut grame overlaid with/ silver harlequins and vase motives. On he guards,/ two men, two mermaids. English, early 18th/ century./ Reproduced from the original in the Felix Tal collec-/ tion "Het Waaierkabinet" (Fan Cabinet), Amster-/ dam."; signature on front "M Paul[?]-".


2002.101.57

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