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1880-1920
GUSN-19153
Silver plated miniature bottle with an inscribed label reeading "Extra Dry Pepper." Near the top of the bottle in a vertical oval, a lion has been incised holding a trophy. The words around the lion read "Klep Mumm & Co." There is a screw top with nine holes.
bottles
cookware
silver (metal)
plate (material)
Silver
BOTTLE
Inscribed on bottom: ""[within a circle the words]: ""Meriden Silver Plate Co....774"" [a lion sits on his hind legs w/ his front two paws in the air]
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Klep Mumm & Co. (Manufacturer)
Meriden Silver Plate Co. (Manufacturer)
Meriden, CT, USA
3.75 (H), 1.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.939
Connecticut (United States)
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