ANTIQUE SILVERPLATE SILVER FIGURAL NAPKIN RING HOLDER
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THIS IS A VERY RARE AND UNIQUE NAPKIN RING MANUFACTURED IN THE MID TO LATE 1800'S.. THIS NAPKIN RING IS MARKED E.G. WEBSTER & BRO. QUADRUPLE PLATE WITH THE NUMBER #168. THIS NAPKIN RING IS FEATURED IN VICTOR SCHNADIGS BOOK 'AMERICAN VICTORIAN NAPKIN RINGS' ON PAGE # 118. IT IS ALSO IN 'FIGURAL NAPKIN RINGS' BY GOTTSCHALK AND WHITSON ON PAGE #123. THEY STATE THAT IT IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL MADE PIECE AND GIVE IT A GRADE 'C' WHICH IN THEIR BOOK VALUES IT AT BETWEEN $200. AND $350. (THIS IS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1996, SO PRICES CHANGE WITH THE TIMES AND DEMAND). THE RING IS LAVISHLY DECORATED WITH TWO OPEN MORNING GLORY FLOWERS, PETALS, LEAVES AND BEST OF ALL, A BUD VASE RISING FROM THE FLOWERS. VERY LOVELY CONDITION. T ARE SEVERAL APPLIED LEAVES AND FLOWERS MAKING THE RING MOST STRIKING!! THE RING HAS LOTS OF FLORAL ETCHING AND SITS ON A WONDERFUL OVAL BASE WITH FLORAL ETCHING AND BEADED EDGE. THIS IS A QUALITY MADE PIECE WITH A GOOD WEIGHT AND SOLID STRUCTURE. THE RING ITSELF HAS NICE ROUND TO IT..NO DAMAGE. I DON'T THINK T IS PLATE LOSS. JUST DARKENED PATINA. NEEDS CLEANING IF YOU CHOOSE TO REMOVE THE WONDERFUL PATINA. BEST OF ALL....IT IS MONOGRAMED ON THE TOP WITH A DATE! IT READS..L.D. SEPT. 19TH, 1883! THIS NAPKIN RING MEASURES ALMOST 3" WIDE FROM THE FRONT OVAL BASE TO THE BACK X 2" WIDE.
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