Manufacturer: Bailey-Walker China
User: Higbee's Silver Grille
Date of creamer: circa 1939 – 1942

Left side of creamer

Right side of creamer

Red marble fountain stocked with gold fish near entrance to the Siler Grille

Higbee's stove container used to serve children's meals

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Notes: From Wikipedia: "Higbee's was a department store founded in 1860 in Cleveland, Ohio." In 1902, after the death of one of its founders … "relocated from its original Public Square location to a new five-story Playhouse Square Center store.

"In 1929 it was acquired by the Van Sweringen brothers, who moved the store to their new $179 million Terminal Tower complex on Public Square, partly in response to pleas from women who wished to occupy homes in their new suburb of Shaker Heights and ride the Vans' new railroads into the city for quality shopping. The store subsequently went bankrupt in 1935 as the Van Sweringen empire collapsed in the Great Depression, but thanks to store executives Charles P. Bradley and John Murphy, the company was reorganized and flourished under their guidance for many years.

"The 192-foot-tall, 11-story Public Square flagship store was famous for its tenth-floor Silver Grille restaurant. It closed in January 2002. The Main Floor, second and third floors were restored in 2007 to house the new offices of the Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland and the Greater Cleveland Partnership, while the Silver Grille was restored for special events."

According to an article in Cleveland Historical by Chris Roy: "Art Deco was the height of fashion when Higbee's opened in 1931. And a meal at the Silver Grille was a celebration of everything Art Deco stood for: luxury, glamour, hope and the power of progress. Entering the restaurant, guests were met by a red marble fountain stocked with goldfish. Ornate grillwork complemented the green-colored walls, bronze light fixtures and floor-to-ceiling columns bathed in purple light. Uber-modern aluminum tables with black marble tops dotted the room."

For children, shopping with their parents, "every Silver Grille hamburger, hot dog or french fry arrived ceremoniously in its own little stove, truck, teepee or space capsule—originally tin and later cardboard."

""In 1989 the Silver Grille restaurant at the Higbee Company's downtown department store closed its doors. The 10th-floor space later became a special-event center managed by the nearby Ritz-Carlton hotel."

White body creamer with an orange pinstripe around the top and a green pinstripe around the middle that is connected to two drawings of an orange art deco style flower with green leaves. The flower on the left of the creamer is in more of a full bloom, where the flower on the right of the creamer is smaller and not fully in bloom.

Sources:
Wikipedia – history of Higbee's Department Store
Cleveland Historical – article about the Silver Grille

Contributors:
Marge Barner – ID and photos
Ed Phillips – research and author