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Four part serving dish. A) Oval stand with four flattened ball feet. Pierced sides in double rows of vertical slits. Sides cant outward. Flat, shaped scrolled handles at ends.
vegetable dishes
silver (metal)
plate (material)
Silver
DISH, VEGETABLE
It is marked: MADE AND PLATED BY (Meriden Hallmark), 1748 1/2 U.S.A.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Meriden Silver Plate Co. (Maker)
Gorham Co. (Maker)
Meriden, CT, USA; Providence, RI, USA
2 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1429A
Connecticut (United States)
Rhode Island (United States)
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