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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 61686, member: 111&quot;]Finally had a chance to sit down and look through some references, didn&#039;t find this salt, but there is a similar piece, in both shape and decoration, in Heacock &amp; Johnson&#039;s &#039;5000 Open Salts&#039;, #4731, described as Meriden silverplate, circa 1880 - possible, but over the years have found this book, while excellent in some areas, is often incorrect or a bit &#039;off&#039; on silver, and didn&#039;t find similarly decorated pieces in 1883 or 1886 Meriden catalogs.&nbsp; Also found pedestal salts with similar decoration, dating from 1859 into the 1860s, in the Tompkins&#039; &#039;Gorham Handbook of Open Salt Dishes&#039;, and Rainwater&#039;s &#039;American Silverplate&#039; has a cut from the 1867 Meriden catalog showing a similar pedestal salt with beading, diamond knurling, and monogram cartouche (page 331, figure 12).&nbsp; The other two clips are from Strickland&#039;s 1866 catalog, showing a couple of pedestal salts, one with engine-turned band, and and similar banding on a goblet.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl</p><p><br /></p><p>From H&amp;J&#039;s &#039;5000 Open Salts&#039; (best pic I could get):[ATTACH=full]15834[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From Rainwater&#039;s &#039;American Silverplate&#039;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]15835[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From Strickland&#039;s 1866 catalog:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]15836[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]15838[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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