Seller:rare_itemz✉️(263)100%,
Location:Bassendean, WA, AU,
Ships to: US, AU,
Item:166172280517rare figural napkin holder 2 PHEASANT BIRDS silver/silverplate Meriden SP Co 271.
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This is a lovely hard to
find antique American figural napkin ring c1880
which has two pheasants circling around each other on a cone shaped
basewith the napkin holder above them on a pedestal. The detail is
excellent, on the birds the ring and on the base. I have a lot more "figural napkin rings and toothpick holders for sale". Just search for last eight words on google. I'm thinking of leaving ebay.
What is especially nice about this ring is that it in monogrammed on
the inside of the napkin holder. That would have been an amazing feat
in the 1860/70s. See last photo below.
It is marked as made by Meriden Silverplate Co. with the
production/pattern/patent number 271.
It is shown in the book by Gottschalk and Whitson, on page 103, in plate241. It quite
rare, even though G&W valued it at $200-350 in 1996. It sold for $1135.25 in a Dallas auction in 2011. See photos.
This figural napkin ring is in excellent condition . I
have not polished it, or washed it. Looks to have been resilvered. Some dings here and there.
Please look at the photos (which form part of the
description) and ask any questions if you have any concerns.
I am a member of the International Figural Napkin Ring & Toothpick Holder Collectors Society