Dish, Serving

Object Name:

Dish, Serving

Object ID:

1973.072.02

Creator:

Meriden Britannia Company -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Meriden, CT

Date:

circa 1869

Description:

Covered Serving Dish. Silver, and enameled iron. Four parts: dish, enameled inner pan, removable rim, and removable lid. The dish is round with two lug handles. Decorated on exterior in repousse diagonal lines. Three bands on each side of handles. Same pattern on lid, with all lines converging in center in a swirl pattern. Projecting disk handle on lid with a ball finial. Maker's mark stamped on bottom of dish: two overlapping circles with text in left circle, "MERIDEN / B. COMPANY", in center of which is a scale within a shield mark; right circle has "QUADRUPLE / PLATE". Stamped below maker's mark is "PATDFEB.9.1869 / 127 / U.S.A." Inner pan is fully enameled, blue on exterior and white on interior. No maker's marks seen on enameled pan.
A. Serving dish.
B. Lid.
C. Enameled pan. 523 grams, 18.45 oz., 9.375" diam., 2.375" high.
D. Removable rim.

Material:

Metal
Silver
Iron

Enamel

Dimensions:

H-5.25 W-13.625 D-10.5 inches

Provenance:

One of a pair of covered vegetable dishes given by donor, with no specific history.
Other gifts from the same donor -- Foster Sturtevant, 1899-1979 -- (1977.007, et. al) were contents of his Concord, NH, multi-generational family homestead, or contents of a South Chatham, NH, summer camp which he purchased in the 1940s.

Credit Line:

Gift of Foster E. Sturtevant

People:

Sturtevant, Foster E. (1898-1979)