Milk or creamer jug
Silver plated milk or creamer jug. Ornate decoration around top, and beaded decoration around spout, handle and bottom of jug. Markings on the bottom are only half legible, but with research it was found to read – Quadruple Plate Silver, Wilcox Silver plate Co, Meriden. Conn. 5370 Gilt. Looks like an initial engraved on one side ? a D, hard to tell as there are paint splashes on the item.
Wilcox Silver Plate Company – Located in Meriden, Connecticut. One of the original companies to join together and become part of The International Silver Company in 1898.The firm was organized in 1865 as Wilcox Britannia Co by Jedediah and Horace Wilcox, Charles Parker, Aaron Collins and Hezekiah Miller and others.
The firm was active in Meriden, CT with salesrooms at 6 Maiden Lane, New York. The name was changed to Wilcox Silver Plate Co in 1867. In 1869 was acquired Parker & Casper Co, a specialist in silverplate holloware