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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 35754, member: 111&quot;]Thanks, Shiloh - a new patent to add to my files, and more evidence of the interaction between silver manufacturers.&nbsp; I had an 1870s-80s syrup jug with only an 1865 patent date, same head, pics were lost to computer crash, but identical to this one: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/191454010374?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D191454010374%26_rdc%3D1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/191454010374?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D191454010374%26_rdc%3D1" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/191454010374?ru=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_sacat=0&amp;_nkw=191454010374&amp;_rdc=1</a> - looked up the patent, belonging to a pair of New Yorkers, for the drip-guard spout (#50,620), and found the same &#039;Syrup Cup&#039; in the 1886 Meriden catalog (don&#039;t have any Manning, Bowman catalogs), same heads also show up under Meriden&#039;s Rogers name: <a href="http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d-1458819/victorian-aesthetic-brite-cut-rogers-quadruple-plate-figural-syrup-pitcher.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d-1458819/victorian-aesthetic-brite-cut-rogers-quadruple-plate-figural-syrup-pitcher.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d-1458819/victorian-aesthetic-brite-cut-rogers-quadruple-plate-figural-syrup-pitcher.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1873 patent (#140,515) on your piece (assuming it&#039;s marked as Meriden) actually belonged to Manning, Bowman and the illustration shows the head in silhouette - Manning, Bowman did manufacture a &#039;Perfection&#039; enamelware line, so would have to believe Don&#039;s piece is by Manning, Bowman.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a page on Manning, Bowman enamelware:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.oldcoffeeroasters.com/images/manningbow/History/manning_bowman_agateware_history.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.oldcoffeeroasters.com/images/manningbow/History/manning_bowman_agateware_history.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.oldcoffeeroasters.com/images/manningbow/History/manning_bowman_agateware_history.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl</p><p><br /></p><p>1873 Manning, Bowman patent for &#039;Molasses-Pitchers&#039;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]9001[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1883 Meriden Britannia catalog, with jasperware body:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]9002[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1886 Meriden Britannia catalog, showing the same &#039;1865 patent&#039; marked piece I had:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]9003[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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