Mid-century Warming Tray by Salton in Box, Salton Hotray

Description: A mid-century food warmer by Salton in box from Snowdrift Antiques. Salton got its start in 1943 as the brainchild of inventor Lewis Salton. Salton left his native Poland shortly after the German invasion in 1939 and settled in New York, where he was soon employed as an engineer for RCA Corporation. He worked long hours and often got home after supper, to be faced with cold leftovers. Salton's wife dutifully ran to the kitchen to warm his food in the oven, but the engineer decided there must be a better way. He invented a heated serving cart on wheels. Now his supper could stay warm, and be easily rolled out to him as soon as he got home. Salton raised enough money to begin manufacturing his hot tray, and began going from store to store in New York trying to get a buyer. All along, Salton had a bigger idea in mind. He wanted to sell enough hot trays to finance what he thought would be really useful and a big money-maker: an industrial tape dispenser. However, the hot tray held its own, and the Salton Tape Dispenser never made it off the drawing board. Lewis Salton recalled in an interview with Advertising Age in the July 12, 1982 issue, that on one visit to a department store buyer, his business suddenly took off. "I left the cart on the floor and walked into the buyer's office and described it to him," he told Advertising Age. "As I did, a saleslady walked in and asked the price of it. I told her $49.95. She came back and said, 'I just sold two."' In an hour, Salton had an order for 60 hot trays. This one is the Savoy H-931 and is the epitome’ of mid-century cool when it comes to kitchen and dining. It is in the box with all of its brochures and some recipes. It works beautifully. It has a control knob for adjusting the heat. It measures 22 ½ inches long with the handles and 11 inches wide. If it has ever been used it was gently and rarely. It is excellent vintage condition, pretty much like the day it was packaged. This is a beautiful accessory for your mid-century dining room.

Price: 60 USD

Location: Denver, Colorado

End Time: 2024-01-19T16:03:24.000Z

Shipping Cost: 2 USD