Posted 1 year ago
renee1974
(7 items)
Picked this up at a local estate sale. It's marked Meriden Conn. Quadruple Plate Silver. Can anyone tell me more about this piece? Aprox what year it would be from, etc.? Was it a good find?!?!?
-
Fashion
Fashion Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
-
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Just as underclothes are shielded from public view, the evolution of men's most intimate apparel is shrouded in secrecy. But the story of men's underwear is about more …
-
-
Design
Design Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
-
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
-
-
Machines
Machines Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
-
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
“When I got this sword, it was completely covered in blood rust.” Sword maker Francis Boyd is showing me yet another weapon pulled from yet another …
-
-
Culture
Culture Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Have you heard? There’s a new swell in town named Gatsby, and he’s bringing flapper flair back into fashion. Baz Luhrmann’s latest cinematic spectacle—his take on “Th…
-
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
-
-
Collectibles
Collectibles Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Long before Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz swaggered into the spotlight with "American Pickers," writer Maureen Stanton …
-
Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
The memes are endless—Grumpy Cat, Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat, Maru, and all the Lolcats. Last year even witnessed the first ever Internet Cat Video Fe…
-
Art Nouveau Sterling SilverIn the 1880s and 1890s, a new style spread across Europe and the United Sta…
HumidorsA humidor is any container designed to store cigars, cigarettes, or pipe to…
A very nice humidor.
Do you have the key?
Probably pre 1898.
Wilcox Silver Plate Company - Located in Meriden, Connecticut. One of the original companies to join together and become part of The International Silver Company in 1898.
The International Silver Company was formed by several smaller companies joining together as one company in 1898. The following companies are now part of the International Silver Company: Rogers & Bro, Rogers Brothers (1847), Holmes & Edwards, Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden Silver Plate Company, Simpson, Hall & Miller, Watrous Mfg. Co., La Pierre Mfg. Co. and over 20 more. The International Silver Company is today owned by the Syratech Corporation of Massachusetts.
http://www.silvercollecting.com/silvermarksW.html
Thanks for the info! Very helpful! I do not have the key, sure wish I did..... Just curious, do you have any idea what it would be worth in today's market?
Do some research, check e-bay for similars, price it out as just silver........