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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9427238, member: 111"]Your napkin ring is shown in a 1911 catalog, that doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't produced years earlier as well as later.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure there really is a 'normal' size for napkin rings, since there's no standard size - in the round rings, I've seen them as small as 1" (2.6cm) in diameter, and my largest, 19th century Dutch, is 2-7/16" (6.2cm), but they most typically range around 1.5" to 2". Below are some of my napkin rings, the smallest is 1.5" (3.8cm), the largest 2-1/16" (5.4cm), with the majority between 1-5/8" and 2".</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]434491[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also not sure what the issue is with the mark, as suggested, a square French maker's mark indicates silverplate, the maker's mark in a lozenge indicates solid silver. Shown is an Ercuis silver mark:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]434492[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9427238, member: 111"]Your napkin ring is shown in a 1911 catalog, that doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't produced years earlier as well as later. Not sure there really is a 'normal' size for napkin rings, since there's no standard size - in the round rings, I've seen them as small as 1" (2.6cm) in diameter, and my largest, 19th century Dutch, is 2-7/16" (6.2cm), but they most typically range around 1.5" to 2". Below are some of my napkin rings, the smallest is 1.5" (3.8cm), the largest 2-1/16" (5.4cm), with the majority between 1-5/8" and 2". [ATTACH=full]434491[/ATTACH] Also not sure what the issue is with the mark, as suggested, a square French maker's mark indicates silverplate, the maker's mark in a lozenge indicates solid silver. Shown is an Ercuis silver mark: [ATTACH=full]434492[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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