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BAMWM unregistered	posted 02-10-2003 01:29 AM I'd like to find out more about Meriden Britannia Company and the 1873 Silver Box (Jewelry Casket) (dimensions: 3/5"xx2.75". It looks like silver with etchings on it. The box has a lid, also. I'd like to know more about this box. IP: Logged
Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 Registered: May 99	posted 02-10-2003 09:34 AM I'd love to know more about why you say 1873? Meriden Britannia was the greatest of the silverplate companies in 19th-century America--growing out of a pewter factory (hence Britannia, which is the English term for pewter) and ultimately becoming the kernel of International Silver in the late 1890s. The dimensions seem odd--a jewelry casket would be much larger than what you describe. Can you provide some background on this piece? IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 02-10-2003 08:45 PM Is 1873 stamped on the box? If so, it is a catalog number, not the year it was made. IP: Logged

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