[b]Heinrich & Co.[/b] merely named the body forms. They used numbers for the patterns and left naming to importers and retailers. Good example is the well-known body form [i]’Grazie'[/i], which was available with pattern 17659, 17664, 17689 or 17977. Hold in mind that these four examples are known under over fifteen different names worldwide, depending on who the retailer was and were he was located. People should finally forget the myth of “original” and “true” pattern names.

In your case, [i]Edgerton[/i] is a [i]series[/i] name, but [u]it is not an original [b]Heinrich[/b] ![/u]. The decoration was created (and applied) in the US for [i]Marshall Fields & Co.[/i]. The [i]Edgerton[/i] series was (as far as I know) available based on green (mint), red, ivory (cream) and ebony (black), all with different decoration forms (with or without central floral, different gilding templates, etc.).

The [i]Edgerton[/i] series is commonly said to have been made [i]”around 1900″[/i] which is utter nonsense as the clearly visible [i]Heinrich[/i] mark was only introduced 1931 (registered at the Reichswarenzeichen-Register on February 23rd 1931 as Reg.#429 574).

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That aside, additions like “Warranted 22k Gold” and such were often used by US decorators who liked to brag about the obvious. The only real difference between 14kt, 18kt or 22kt decorations is the look/appearance, it has nothing to do with overall quality of a decoration or set value. In fact a well-applied 14kt gilding can look way better than a cheaply applied 22kt gold template.

On the other hand, if you see a German item with a “Warranted xxkt Gold” addition you know for sure that some US studio (re)decorated it. Quite handy if you do not have other obvious proof that a decoration is not original 😉