Silver plate musket napkin ring

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by Chinoiserie, Jul 11, 2023.

  1. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    Bought this from a stall holder on my travels. Its a silver plated napkin ring. It was pitch black until I took some polish to it. Still needs a fair bit of elbow grease. Looks like 'American company' on underside.

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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

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  3. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

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    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

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  5. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Mr Simpson of Simpson Hall & Miller made a contract with Rogers in 1878,
     
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  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It has a Meriden Silver Company mark on it. I doubt it will polish much; they made plated "white metal" and a lot of the silver seems to be gone.
     
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  7. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    Theres a bare patch on the underside around the mark. The guns are also very jaded. Other than that I think it should come up gleaming.
     
  8. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Plated items like this won't look like silver so don't polish the plate off!
     

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