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Need help with a cup.
« on: April 01, 2013, 11:51:34 am »
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.
« Last Edit: April 01, 2013, 11:56:25 am by Peaceman »

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Re: Need help with a cup.
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2013, 04:49:00 pm »
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....
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Re: Need help with a cup.
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2013, 07:11:17 pm »
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 !!

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Re: Need help with a cup.
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2013, 01:40:06 pm »
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

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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2013, 02:00:54 pm »
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  ;D
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Re: Need help with a cup.
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2013, 05:11:29 pm »
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?"

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« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2013, 05:18:21 pm »
yes i would say so
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Re: Need help with a cup.
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2013, 05:26:37 pm »
It's the bottom right one... I believe it to be the gold lined one.
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« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2013, 05:31:48 pm »
Wow!  We were both looking at the same thing at the same time  ;)

Meriden's 1883 catalogue

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« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2013, 06:05:51 pm »
TY for your time searching for me.  :D

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« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2013, 06:14:13 pm »
TY for your time searching for me.  :D
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...
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« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2013, 10:23:21 am »
A childs cup would likely be more popular with collectors than a similar adult size !!

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« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2013, 02:39:08 pm »
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!!!
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