BOY PLAYING WITH DOG silver/silverplate figural napkin ring/holder Meriden 199

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BOY PLAYING WITH DOG silver/silverplate figural napkin ring/holder Meriden 199:
$135.00

rare antique1800s American silverplatefigural napkin ring
boy teasing dog with biscuit in hand
MERIDEN BCOMPANY 199
ingood to very good condition in GOOD to VERY GOOD condition
guaranteed old andauthentic c1880
Ionly ship to the USA and AUSTRALIA
ONE-OFFSHIPPING TO ANYWHERE INAUSTRALIA $10 registered
ONE-OFFSHIPPING TO THE USA $20 have some other figural napkin rings andtoothpick holders for sale currently...see themHEREMost of these figural napkin ringsand toothpick holders were sourced in Australia. I have gathered themover the last 2 years from deceased estate sales all around thecountry. Most of the American figural napkin rings were madec1860-1899, and I believe a lot of them found there way to Australia inthe gold-rush period in Australia in the 1870/1890\'s.Ihavelisted them nowas they have accumulated over thelast 2 years while I have been engaged in a big supreme courtaction. This is a lovely antique Americansilver/silverplate figural napkin ring. It has a boy teasing/training adog which is standing on its hind legs. The boy also has a biscuit inone hand. The details is very good. The ring/holder is sahped and haddetailed pattern on it. The cartouche is blank. It is marked as made by Meriden B Company with the number199. This figural napkin rings is shown in thebook byGottschalk and Whitson (G&W), in plate 668 on page 271. They valuedit as between $200 and $350 in 1996, 19 years ago.
This figural napkin ringis ingood to very good condition. Norepairs. No major damage. Nobroken or missing parts. No pitting. Some plate loss on base (spotted)and on raised part of ring. Has some minor dents and scratches. Pleasesee photos.
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