Antique 1870s American Victorian Sterling Silver Napkin Ring With Engraved Buttercup Flowers by Wood & Hughes

Description

This is a Great Looking Antique American Victorian Era Sterling Silver Napkin Ring. Large - Wide Size. Circa 1870s. This … more This is a Great Looking Antique American Victorian Era Sterling Silver Napkin Ring. Large - Wide Size. Circa 1870s. This Piece is Signed W. H. - Was Made by Americas Premier Coin Silver and Sterling Silver Producer Wood & Hughes - New York. The Outer Perimeters are Decorated with a Embossed Repeating Pattern. The Center Section is Decorated with a Hand Engraved Buttercup Flowers & Sprig Design. It also has a Hand Engraved 2 Letter Monogram Possibly W R - Most Likely with that of the Original Owner - Family. It has No Silver mark but it has been Professionally Tested and is Absolutely Guaranteed to be Solid Sterling Silver. Note that the Company of Wood & Hughes Only Produced their items in Solid Coin Silver and Then Sterling Silver ( No Silver Plate Items). It is in Very Good All Original Condition with Some Very Light Age and Use Wear. Displays Nicely. It is Lightly Tarnished - Could Use a Good Polishing. It has a Solid Sterling Silver Total Weight of 23.78 Grams - 0.764 Troy Ounce.
It Measures 1 13/16 inches Tall x 1 3/4 inches Wide - Long.

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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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