Need help with a cup.

[Peaceman]

Newbee here...

I've been a coin collector for over 10 years now and I'm just starting to get into antiques.  I've bought several antique books in order to educate myself.  I've limited my purchases to $50 or less until I feel comfortable knowing what I am buying. 
I ran into this cup at a flea market and talked the owner down to $10.  I liked it due to the maker's mark and the look of it being a handmade piece possibly (It's not perfectly round, etc.)  When I got it home I looked through my Kovels' book and found a "similar" MM but not exactly as my figure is smaller.  I tried on-line and am stumped as well.  The Maker's mark reads:

MERIDEN SILVER PLATE COMPANY QUADRUPLE PLATE.

The pictures are very large so you can blow them up pretty good. 

Thanks for any help, it's very appreciated.

[bigwull]

Tons of Meriden quadruple about...ebay,s full of it,..some pieces more ornate than this cup, ..but low asking prices, little or no bids....

[mart]

http://en.wikicollecting.org/meriden-silver-plate-company

Said the numbered pieces are limited editions but not sure how it was numbered !!  i think this number is the style number !! Some of their stuff sells pretty high !!

[sapphire]

If you have the patience you might want to scan through these 7 pages to see if you can find similar to yours with selling price.

http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/index.php?main_page=documents&content=search&c=Silver+Plate&s=meriden&sumbit=Submit

[bigwull]

Don,t bother yourself...your cups not there...and what cups are there....the prices will just depress you....as i said don,t plan on giving up your day job....not unless you get 6 numbers 

[Peaceman]

Thanks for the links. 

I assume with butterflies and birds on it and it standing 3 5/8 In. tall that it is a "Child's cup?"

[bigwull]

yes i would say so

[Peaceman]

It's the bottom right one... I believe it to be the gold lined one.

[sapphire]

Wow!  We were both looking at the same thing at the same time 

Meriden's 1883 catalogue

[Peaceman]

TY for your time searching for me. 

[bigwull]

TY for your time searching for me. 

It's the bottom right one... I believe it to be the gold lined one.

well,thats another one  nailed...unless a tuppence worth from...you know who says differently....and a box of these to you both...which will probably be lost on you...but not on the other....well done.to both of you...

[mart]

A childs cup would likely be more popular with collectors than a similar adult size !!

[KC]

Yepper a child's cup.  The less ornate sell pretty cheaply.  But yours is the more ornate one - in etched detail and in handle detail.  $75 easy in my neck of the woods!!!  These nicer ones can sell up to $100 - even tho silverplate and Meridien!!!