Late 19th Century Napkin Rings Collection

Eight late 19th century napkin rings, comprising a Scottish sterling silver well embossed one (depicting a young farm girl, initialled IH, by T Smith & Son, Glasgow 1886 - 26.1grams), a sterling silver pair of engraved ones (with young girl playing Badminton type game or swing - tested 925 silver - 54.4grams), a German silver one (by Schneider, 800 silver, embossed young women with a dog/wolf - 31grams), four silver plated ones well engraved with fields or comic scenes.

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Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
Engraved Glass - The method of decorating glass by marking the surface with a sharp intrument such as a diamond, metal needle or rotating cutting wheel. As pressure is applied to the surface, best results for engraving are achieved if the glass is of sufficient thickness. In the 19th century etching was used to decorate some table glassware that was too fine to take an engraving tool.
Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.

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Schneider / Le Verre Francais (France)
- glass makers 134
- lamps and lighting 313