FIVE HUMAN FORM SILVER PLATED NAPKIN RINGS

Five figural human form late19th to early 20th century silver plated napkin rings including two children playing, a cherub, a boy on a ball with drum sticks in hand, a man carrying a barrel and a young man in a winter coat holding a book set in various scenes, with three bearing the manufactures stamp and two apparently unmarked. Provenance: Collection of Jerome & Bridget Dobson; acquired from M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, 1999 (bird with nest)

Approximate dimensions: smallest h. 2.875", l. 3", w. 1.625"; largest h. 4.875", l. 2.75", w. 2.5"
Condition Report: These have varying degrees of patina and silver plating wear loss from use, the drummer boy needs a chain re-attached which is still attached at one end, with some hints of brass coming through the silvering on a couple.