W & H 228 S Napkin Ring

[silverly]

Is there anything familiar about this nice heavy napkin (serviette) ring to anyone?






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[silverport]

Hello

My guess is, that these W & H napkin rings originated by Walker & Hall.

Kind regards silverport
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[silverly]

Thank you silverport. I don't know enough to agree or disagree with you about Walker and Hall, but nothing would suit me more than to learn that the maker is Wood & Hughs.

The initials in the image are upside down. It took me a while to recognize them. They look like "C C T." As it appears in the images, the rings on the top and bottom are gold and the inside is at least gold plated. This is just a really well made item, and it weighs sixty-one grams. So it definitely has some weight to it.

My image doesn't entirely do justice to the workmanship involved in making this napkin ring. Naturally, I was hoping someone has seen something just like this ring or very near to it.

For now but hopefully not forever, the identification of the maker and etc is an open subject to me.
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[admin]

Hi Silverly,
I'm sure it is Wood & Hughes and would date it to the mid 1860's.
Regards, Tom
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[silverly]

This particular marking for Wood and Hughes coin silver is new to me. The gold trim seems fairly unusual too. Thank you very much Tom.
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[silverly]

Saw an identical piece to the one in this post with much more wear and no gold plating sell recently.

[silverly]

I have a couple more questions about this napkin ring. First of all I'm looking for a name for the type of script used for the monogram, and secondly is there a proper name for the banding at the ends. I've seen banding like it called arches, but does anyone have a specific name for this design? Thank you in advance for help or leads of any kind.

[Aguest]

:::: I think it all starts with Corinthian columns from Ancient Greece,



::::: And also Ancient Egyptian columns. ::::::::



::::: But this pattern is found in the 19th century on "Empire" sterling silver that has a French and Italian influence, you will find this pattern associated with the Napoleonic Empire fashion that swept the world in the 19th century, it's a good question, I'm not really sure what to call this design :::::::::

[silverly]

Thank you Aguest. Until I learn better, it will be arches.

[dragonflywink]

Might suggest 'leaf & dart':



~Cheryl

[silverly]

Thank you! Better than arches and looks correct to me.