sterling mark with "eagle" w/ upstretched wings on

[Nancy Holland]

photo shy
I have a set of 12 nut cups and 2 larger bowls in a case from my great grandmother. I wonder about the markings - a bird with upstretched wings.
Thanks
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[t-bird-art]

International Silver Company / Meriden Britannia used a bird with outstretched wings to denote a Sterling piece produced in the 1920's and 1930's .
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[t-bird-art]

Nancy: Found the mark of your "Eagle" on the 4th line of this page: (image No. 01-1142-importD15a)
http://images.google.com/images?q=merid ... N&filter=0

In the Silver world they call the "Eagle" a Griffin --
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[Neruda]

Wait a minute t-bird-art, I guess it's time to visit the zoo.

The International mark is a phoenix. Periodically it gets burnt to a cinder and rises from the flames.

A griffin is half eagle and half dragon.

And an eagle is pure bird!

Nancy, you've got to post a photo, or at least give a very detailed description. Is the bird the only mark? There are several possibilities
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[admin]

The Meriden trademark is right here at American Marks 6
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[t-bird-art]

Very good site administrator. I missed the image on your site. I spent hours digging the bird/eagle/phoenix/griffin image out of the internet using 1/2 dozen search engines.
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