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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 40518, member: 111&quot;]Remember seeing this on the &#039;Finds&#039; thread, first thoughts were that it was probably Meriden, the fan handle was broken off (both?), and that the insert was not original - then promptly forgot about it.&nbsp; Quick search online didn&#039;t find one like it, nor did a cursory search through likely catalogs, so started looking for similar elements for an attribution.&nbsp; 19th century American silverplate manufacturers seemed to feel that the more stuff they put on &#039;Aesthetic&#039; pieces, the better, so you look for bits &amp; pieces - at least this one has <i>mostly </i>Asian elements, could be described as &#039;Japanesque&#039; or &#039;Japonisme&#039;.&nbsp; An 1883 Meriden Britannia catalog showed enough...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Applied band detail:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]10204[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bamboo leaves and cherry blossom detail:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]10205[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Fan detail:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]10206[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar stand with typical insert:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]10207[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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