Sterling Silver Serviette Ring | Sheffield | 1910–11 | Maker's Mark GGR

Sterling Silver Serviette Ring | Sheffield | 1910–11 | Maker’s Mark GGR

A serviette ring once marked a regular place at the table: one person’s napkin, kept apart from the rest.

Serviette rings became familiar features of nineteenth-century dining tables, identifying individual napkins in households where they might be used more than once between laundering. This ring was hallmarked in Sheffield in 1910–11, early in the reign of George V.

The ring is a plain cylindrical band with straight sides, edged at the top and bottom with applied borders of stylised leaves. It carries no monogram or inscription. The band is fully hallmarked with the maker’s mark GGR, the Sheffield crown, the lion passant and the black-letter date letter s for 1910–11.

Excellent condition, with no dents or other issues.

Key Details

• Maker: GGR (unidentified)
• Hallmarks: Sheffield, black-letter date letter s (1910–11)
• Period: George V
• Form: cylindrical serviette ring with leaf borders
• Material: sterling silver
• Monogram: none
• Dimensions: height 3.1 cm; diameter 4.8 cm
• Weight: 36 g
• Condition: excellent
• Buyer profile: collectors of English table silver, and anyone looking for a personal gift

Collector Appeal

A plain band set between finely worked leaf borders, with crisp, complete hallmarks and a good weight for its size. Unengraved, it suits a collection of English table silver as well as a personal gift.

What is used every day is seldom noticed, until it is the last thing left from the table it served.