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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 6705577, member: 29"]They'd have been part of a set of at least six, each with its own number. </p><p><br /></p><p>True or not, there is a persistent story about a former Duke of Devonshire who, seeing some silver napkin rings in Asprey’s, asked his companion what they were for.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Your grace, in some households they roll napkins inside these rings so that they can be used for a subsequent meal, rather than being laundered every time.’</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Good heavens. I never knew such poverty existed in England.’[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 6705577, member: 29"]They'd have been part of a set of at least six, each with its own number. True or not, there is a persistent story about a former Duke of Devonshire who, seeing some silver napkin rings in Asprey’s, asked his companion what they were for. ‘Your grace, in some households they roll napkins inside these rings so that they can be used for a subsequent meal, rather than being laundered every time.’ ‘Good heavens. I never knew such poverty existed in England.’[/QUOTE]
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