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luckysmokes Posts: 27 Registered: Feb 2003	posted 03-04-2003 01:32 PM this little tea pot 3in. high 5 1/2 in. high. it reads made & guaranteed by Meriden B CO, 2 scales in the shield x on each side of that made in us america .the # 10 under that 1/2 pt. San Remo. It has no design. thanks IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 03-04-2003 10:43 PM It sounds like hotel ware. Did you have a question? IP: Logged
luckysmokes Posts: 27 Registered: Feb 2003	posted 03-05-2003 04:26 PM could u tell me a time frame IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 03-13-2003 06:24 AM From luckysmokes: quote: Thanks for all the help hope these pics. will help. [This message has been edited by Stephen (edited 03-13-2003).] IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 03-14-2003 08:31 AM Is this (except for the catalog number and the capacity) the mark? [This message has been edited by Stephen (edited 03-18-2003).] IP: Logged
luckysmokes Posts: 27 Registered: Feb 2003	posted 03-14-2003 04:47 PM yep thats it IP: Logged
luckysmokes Posts: 27 Registered: Feb 2003	posted 03-14-2003 04:48 PM it also says San Remo under that IP: Logged
BarbS Posts: 14 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 03-20-2003 10:05 AM I am sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think i read somewhere in the forum that Meriden B. Company used the words "Made & Guaranteed by" between 1898 and 1930. Hope this helps with your dating. IP: Logged
T-Bird-Art Posts: 143 Registered: Mar 2000	posted 03-26-2003 05:28 PM I may be wrong . but my research so far indicates Meriden B Company prior to 1898 had the mark of a circle,scales and Meriden B Company . After 1898 (as part of Interational Silver Co.) Meriden B Co. pieces has a mark combining Meriden B Co and International Silver. IP: Logged
T-Bird-Art Posts: 143 Registered: Mar 2000	posted 03-26-2003 05:34 PM Here is combined mark of Meriden B Co & International Silver Co IP: Logged
BarbS Posts: 14 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 03-27-2003 03:47 AM This is the prior post where I got my information. It is from a reply to a question by a member regarding a teapot: "It was made: by the Meriden Britannia Co. of Meriden, Connecticut. of white metal electroplated with silver (no star on the mark with the scales). after 1895 (when MB started using the "Made and Guaranteed..." mark). no later than the 1930s (when use of the MB marks was discontinued by International Silver)." Is this information incorrect? I am new to all this and have a Meriden piece, so have been researching this company and its marks. IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 03-27-2003 06:03 PM Meriden B. used quite a few different circle marks, some documented, some not. Except for one mark, the year they began and the year they stopped using each mark has not been documented. Rainwater does say "In 1896 they ceased stamping their products 'Quadruple' plate." So, if you find a Meriden B. piece marked "Quadruple" you can be sure that it was made before 1897. Note that not all (in fact most) pieces made before 1897 were marked "Quadruple". Conversely, I think it is reasonable to assume that a piece marked "Made and Guaranteed by" was made in 1896 or later. Rainwater doesn't even document Meriden B's half-circle mark (which is the one using the Meriden B. and International names). I think it is reasonable to assume that they began using it in the 1920s (based on her description of half-circle marks used by other International companies) and quit using it in the 1930s (based on her statement that "M.B. Co. marks were used until the 1930s.") but I could be wrong. The circle and the half-circle marks were holloware marks. Note that Meriden B. also used other kinds of marks on holloware. It would be nice if Meriden B. had used date marks. Since they didn't, their holloware pieces usually have to be dated by finding them in a catalog or based on a knowledge of the styles they produced at different times. I hope this doesn't add to the confusion! [This message has been edited by Stephen (edited 03-27-2003).] IP: Logged

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