SOLD - La Tour d’Argent was founded in 1582 and is believed to be the oldest restaurant in Paris. It is also said that King Henri IV was a regular patron.
 
The restaurant was owned in the 1890s and 1900s by Frédéric Delair, who began the tradition of presenting a numbered certificate to each person who ate the restaurant's signature dish, pressed duck: serial number #112,151 went to U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, #203,728 went to Marlene Dietrich, and #253,652 went to Charlie Chaplin).
 
The restaurant was also mentioned in the book The Wright Brothers by David McCullough, page 148, as a place where a dinner was held for Orville and Wilbur Wright, while in France July 1906.
 
This hand painted souvenir egg bears the name of the restaurant on the bottom.
 
Dimensions: 5.5cm long