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"Meriden Brittannia Company"or "Meriden B. Company" was absorbed into the International Silver Company in 1898, but still used it's various company marks into the 1930's. They made nice silver plated hollow ware or pewter-like alloyed Brittania. Desirable piece... an 1800's tureen is even in a museum! http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2244 I love the bird finial. Rare pieces can really be expensive, needs more research. Check your library for the book... The Meriden Britannia Silver-Plate Treasury: The Complete Catalog of 1886-7 by The Meriden Britannia Co., with a new introduction by Edmund P. Hogan, Dover Publications: 1982 [out of print]. Large format paperback, 450 pages. Super reproduction of woodcut catalog showing everything offered by the company which founded International Silver. Both hollowware and flatware.