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Gillette?

Primordial Pez dispenser?

Washington State records of corporations operating there show Dohrman Hotel Supply (San Fran. based) working in 1918. In addition, Brodie Hotel Supply (c.1969-1980's) becomes Brodie/Dohrmann through aquisitions over time...sells out to S. E. Rykoff. (Brodie silverware can be back-marked with their n...

Just to start, Larry R. Paul's ever-expanding data base of Hotels (china services research, but helpful): http://larryrpaul.com

Big hotels had numerous dining venues (often changing) and multiple services for them. Banquet services sometimes get an entirely separate line.

If I read that full report right, he should go back to Providence in 1872 which is consistent with the Chicago Fire being October 1871. Seems a good indication the company ceased operations as previously noted. A great story to go with a great find! And a new mark on the map.

Link to early history of B. Nathan/Nathan-Dohrmann/Dohrmann Commercial Co. : https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=241 Add'l--M. Seller of M. Seller & Co. Portland/Seattle/Spokane (serving near states) died in 1915, but firm survived. In 1916, Seller purchased stock and goodwil...

Best of luck. Sure would be nice if you can establish the origin. Pittsburgh, Chicago, & San Francisco are only a few of the big conflagrations that make local historical documentation problematic. Filling in the gaps is always worthwhile. If you can add any more photos for the record, please do...

Search Ref: Meriden Brittania #143 with Onandaga Pottery (O.P. Co.) insert liner.

Listed by Rainwater (older editions) as Meriden Sterling Company c.1896 (gone by 1904) based in Meriden Connecticut as shown by Jeweler's Circular. Lettering above and around the triangle is present in the printed sample.

Gorham is a likely yes, for at least plated wares and maybe sterling. Though Wallace and the components of International turn up more often as makers marks, Gorham did produce naval related services at least as early as the 1890's. The army related transport service (ships) began to order topmarked ...

And in this thread, Gorham is misleading as it was a Durgin piece...page 2 reveals at least on jeweler who may have had naval clientele by location, so military inscriptions on non-government ordered items could have gone through a jeweler. Units did have budgets for special things (china, glass, si...

This would be a "marks" query which could be moved after posting a photo. But since it's not new, searching "Durgin codes" will reveal the answer...your "M" is likely a weight code for "Massive". A reference thread: http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23...

??Same mark seen before: Crown, Cross, MB, &S all separated....http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php ... =mb%26sons

See thread here for additional sample: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... 90#p135732

Identification Aid...
Small ladle showing detail front & back of handle, Indian Head (or Native American) maker mark before Sterling word mark:

One of a group of as yet un-named patterns by Baker-Manchester Manufacturing Company of Providence Rhode Island. In lieu of an orderly system, I'm going to name this BMU-1 until we have a real identification. In this case, the bowl is gold-washed back and front to the top of the first design element...

EGYPTIAN POSSIBILITIES: A piece of commercial china has surfaced raising supplier questions. The size of a small oval vegetable bowl (like a soap dish), it bears the late-era topmark for the European-based Wagons-Lits Company surround by an "Arabic" design. The backstamp indicates "Eg...

CODE CRACKING: For those collectors trying to match their identifiable commercial silverware to the correct china service that it accompanied, this may help you where John Maddock & Sons is concerned. The impressed crown and numeral date coding system appears to have started during the reign of ...

This is the mark of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. that was introduced to sterling flatware in 1895. With absorption of that firm into International Silver Company in 1898, the mark was continued in use for twenty more years. Normally, providing that we don't have a cut-off date for a pattern, we w...

I see in a listing of flatware of the same pattern, maker #1 is Monroe Silver Company while maker #2 is Ray Silver Company. Ray is known to be a subsidiary of Rockford Silverplate. Is there any evidence that may show Monroe to also be a Rockford related organization?