Vintage C.1900's=1910's Barbour Silver Co. Silver-Plate Lidded Covered Serving Platter With an Engraved Letter "P"

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Vintage c. late 1880's-1910s silver plated, dome lidded, or covered server dish with an etched letter, "P," on the front … more Vintage c. late 1880's-1910s silver plated, dome lidded, or covered server dish with an etched letter, "P," on the front center of body. Made by a Barbour Silversmith Company of Connecticut. Makers marks verso identify maker, pattern style, and content, with removable handle as image indicates. Maker's mark indicates; a lion with wings, crown, and arm with a sickle hammer, followed by all opposites corners of underside, stating the Silversmith's initials B.S.C.E.P., and below that N.S., in another corner the pattern # collection, 5260, and lastly a star, cross, and star icon. In excellent condition, with minor surface base bottom scratches, due to use and era. From an Upstate, NY., Estate. less