Meriden Silver Plate Co. quadruple-plate creamer and covered sugar No. 01770

Matched Meriden Silver Plate Co. quadruple-plate creamer and covered sugar from service No. 01770.  It has its original fitted lid, both ornate handles, attractive plating, readable trademark and pattern number, and a very appealing Victorian form.  Antique Meriden Silver Plate Co. Quadruple Plate Covered Sugar Bowl, No. 01770, Meriden Connecticut, c. 1880s–1890s  “Quadruple plate” doesn’t mean sterling and it doesn’t mean four literal separate sheets of silver. It was a premium/heavier electroplating designation used by American silverplate manufacturers. It was a selling point when this was new, not merely a modern collector’s term.