TRULY COLLECTORS GRADE ITEM OF ABSOLUTELY FINEST QUALITY. EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE SILVER PLATED WATER PITCHER / JUG. JAPANESE STYLE DECORATION: DRAGONFLIES AND DIFFERENT FLOWERS.
AMERICAN, CIRCA 1870'S, MADE BY ONE OF THE BEST SILVER MAKER OF THE PERIOD: MERIDEN SILVER-PLATED COMPANY. MARKED UNDER THE BASE WITH MAKER'S HALLMARK. ABOUT 1.66 LB (754 GRAMS). ORIGINAL ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH SOME CHARMING INDICATION OF AGE. NOTICEABLE WEAR TO ORIGINAL SILVER-PLATING. VERY MINOR EXPECTED DENTS AND LIGHT SCRATCHES. NEEDS SOME MORE HAND POLISHING. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, ABOUT 150 YEARS OLD EXAMPLE OF ANTIQUE AMERICAN ART SILVER.