Silver baby mug
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1980.071.001
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Silver baby mug, etched with flowers and butterfly pattern. Embossed leaf and drop pattern around bottom edge, scales pattern on handle. Mark on the bottom reads – Wilcox Silverplate Co. Meriden, Gilt, #935. Gilt. It also has BC stamped on the top. 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