Napkin Ring with Bud Vase
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880 - 1882
name: label: maker
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Combination oval napkin ring engraved "W.M.C." in script and an opaque black glass bud vase with painted white enamel flowers and traces of gold borders. Ring and vase are attached to an S-scrolled band on four ball feet embellished with violets and four-petaled flowers. Die-rolled, aesthetic-style, asymmetrical geometric and floral patterns encircle the ring while arabesques fill the support band. Base underside is struck with an incuse circular mark containing a pointed shield with balanced scales bordered by "MERIDEN / B. COMPANY" in sans serif letters above "223"; an old rectangular white typescript label is adhered below.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
topic: label: Subject
content: Eating
label: Subject
content: Flowers
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Roger Pryor Templin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.59.0594
label: catalog number
content: 59.0594
label: accession number
content: 219034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ring, napkin
label: Object Name
content: vase, bud
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (vase material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (vase decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (vase decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (holder material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (holder production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 13.6525 cm x 8.89 cm x 4.1275 cm