Outstanding Large Antique 1860s American Coin Silver Wedding Napkin Rings by Wood & Hughes - Matched Pair

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This Really is an Exceptionally Nice Looking Original Matching Pair of Antique American Coin Silver Napkin Rings. LARGE SIZE!. Classic … more This Really is an Exceptionally Nice Looking Original Matching Pair of Antique American Coin Silver Napkin Rings. LARGE SIZE!. Classic Mid Victorian Era - Circa 1860s to Early 1870s. Matched Pairs of Napkin Rings From This Era were Commonly Presented as Wedding Gifts. They are Signed W. H. - This Being the Documented Maker Mark of Americas Premier Coin Silver Producer "Wood & Hughes" in New York. They are Completely Hand Made with Coin Edge Reeded Outer and Beaded Style Inner Bands. The Fronts are Beautifully & Finely Hand Engraved Decorated in a Classic Paisley Dedsign with Blank Center Panels that Would have Been Intended for Customized Initials - Monograms - Presentations Etc. ( Note That They Have Never Been Engraved ). They Have No Silver mark but They Have Been Professionally Tested and are Absolutely Guaranteed to be Solid 900 Grade Coin Silver. They are in Excellent Original Condition - Look Like They Have Hardly Ever Been Used. They are Lightly Tarnished - Sure to Polish Up Beautifully. They have a Substantial Combined Solid Coin Silver Total Weight of 66.26 Grams / 2.130 Troy Ounces.
Each Measures Approx 1 15/16 inches Tall x 1 3/4 inches Wide - Long.

Back in the day Napkin Rings Typically had Engraved Monograms, Names, Presentations Etc. Reason Being - They were Actually Used by the Host to Plan and Designate Seating Arrangements for their Family and Guests.

SILVER - SILVER - SILVER. Do You Love Antique Sterling Silver & Coin Silver Items ???. If you do you will be Happy to Know that I Maintain a Vast Selection of Well Over 300 Pieces including Many Napkin Rings in my GM Picker Chairish Store Inventory with More Pieces Being Added on a Regular Basis.

The Early American Silver Makers adopted the Coin Silver Standard up until around the Late 1860s to Early 1870s at which point in time they started to adopt the Sterling Silver Standard. American Coin Silver has a 90% - 900/1000 Silver Content, and Sterling Silver has a slightly higher 92.5% - 925/1000 Silver Content. Pure Silver is 99.9% Pure - That is to say that it Contains No Other Alloy Metals. Some of Pieces of American Coin Silver items that were produced were marked "Coin" - but it should be Noted that many of the other pieces that were produced during that period Have No Silver Mark At All. Once the Sterling Standard took hold the vast majority of the Silver Pieces that were produced by Numerous American Silver Companies were marked "Sterling". All of the Unmarked American Silver Pieces that I Sell on Chairish are Professionally Tested and are Absolutely Guaranteed to Have the Silver Content as Stated.

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