April 12, 2024
Frank Lloyd Wright Imperial Hotel Dessert Plate Mint
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This is a dessert plate from the Imperial Hotel in Japan. This hotel (and its furniture and china) was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It burned down in 1966. The plate is 7 1/2 inches across. It is pure white trimmed in gold. On the back it says Noritake Nippon Toki Kaisha 1937. It is in excellent condition with no signs of use or wear. Plates of this pattern are very rare because they were never sold. They were either presented as gifts by the hotel management, or stolen. This one was presented to my uncle. It would make a perfect gift for a collector of Frank Lloyd Wright original items, rare china, or Imperial Hotel memorabilia. My uncle, Chaplain (Colonel) Edward J. Lambert loved the Imperial Hotel, and brought back many souvenirs including a brass key chain I use every day. He brought this plate to his Mother and she treasured it all her life. Fr. Lambert was on the Missouri when the treaty with Japan was signed and was the first priest on Japan after WWII. For the first few months he ministered to over 5000 soldiers. I have several photos from this era, including a newspaper clipping of a photo of him taken at the Imperial Hotel. I will email these photos if you would like to see them. He sang Midnight Mass (on that first Christmas after the war ended) from Japan, heard all round the world via short wave radio. Later,
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