An American Silver-Plated Soup Tureen And Cover, Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden, CT, circa 1875-80

oval on high pierced legs with matching handles, the body decorated with Japanese-influenced foliage below band of putti warriors and lovers, monogrammed T, lion and shield finial

decoration crisp, signs of removing a dent behind center of one side, otherwise good
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A tureen of this model was the cover of the third revised edition of Dorothy T. Rainwater, Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, 1986.