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<p>[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 1928614, member: 13430"]I have a lone, monogrammed plate passed down in my wife's family from a distant aunt (it bears her monogram). I'm pretty sure it was not part of a set because we have her other silver, and there is nothing else like this. It bears the mark on the back for the Meriden Britannia Co. (bird with M above it) and is marked Sterling. It only measures 5.5 inches in diameter. It has to date from somewhere in the range 1891-1944. What is this kind of plate called, and what was its likely purpose?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]245558[/ATTACH] </p><p>It looks a little like it's bent, but it's not. It's much easier scan things than to photograph, and the light/shadow is an artifact from scanning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 1928614, member: 13430"]I have a lone, monogrammed plate passed down in my wife's family from a distant aunt (it bears her monogram). I'm pretty sure it was not part of a set because we have her other silver, and there is nothing else like this. It bears the mark on the back for the Meriden Britannia Co. (bird with M above it) and is marked Sterling. It only measures 5.5 inches in diameter. It has to date from somewhere in the range 1891-1944. What is this kind of plate called, and what was its likely purpose? [ATTACH=full]245558[/ATTACH] It looks a little like it's bent, but it's not. It's much easier scan things than to photograph, and the light/shadow is an artifact from scanning.[/QUOTE]
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