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World Trade Center [New York, NY], n.d. World Trade Center "Windows on the World" Restaurant Dessert Plate, Rare Survival Tableware A dessert plate from the World Trade Center's "Windows on the World" restaurant complex. The Art Deco style porcelain dessert plate has a white center and a yellow border decorated by four cobalt blue sunbursts around the rim. With an under-glaze back stamp found on the underside as: "Steelite / International / England." Light surface wear commensurate with age and use including scuffs and negligible flatware scratches. No flakes or chips. 9.125" diameter. The dessert plate was spared from destruction because it was used at a private dinner party right before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Purchased from the relative of a chef that lived in Mexico, and who worked for the manager that borrowed the dishware. From 2021 to 2024, less desirable and less decorative WTC "Windows on the World" plates have consistently brought between $2,500-3,500 on eBay. In that period, only five were offered (see screenshot for reference.) The main dining rooms of the "Windows on the World" restaurant complex were located on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Originally opened in 1976, the restaurant was temporarily shuttered following the 1993 bomb explosion, renovated, and reopened with great fanfare in 1996; its 25th anniversary celebrations were slated for October 2001. Prior to its destruction on September 11, 2001, the "Windows on the World" restaurant ranked as the highest-grossing restaurant in the United States, typically serving 800 lavish dinners per night, and attracting many celebrities. Milton Glazer designed the yellow, cobalt blue, and white porcelain "Windows on the World" restaurant dishware, examples of which can be seen in archival photos of the restaurant. The dishware included star-, moon-, cloud-, and sun-decorated dinner plates, demi-lune salad plates, dessert plates, soup bowls, and flatware. Glaser's distinctive restaurant logo, dishware, menu design, and select interior decoration elements emphasized the restaurant's spectacular vantage point high above the Manhattan skyline. There are very few remaining examples of any "Windows on the World" dishware, including a handful of pieces found in the "September 11: Bearing Witness to History" collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of History. This is because the restaurant, along with all of its furnishings, was obliterated in the collapse of the World Trade Center. It's estimated that approximately 120 restaurant staff and breakfast patrons died in the "Windows on the World" restaurant after Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower at 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, blocking off all exits. This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses. WE PROVIDE IN-HOUSE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!