All of our silver napkin rings are handmade in our own specialist workshop. Please compare our prices as we try to be as keen as possible. We cater for all tastes from very plain and contemporary to traditional engine turned.

Our silver napkin rings carry a full English hallmark with the date letter. This is very useful for christening gifts as it can denote the year of birth of the child.

Why do we have hallmarking ?

Unless specifically exempted, articles made of precious metals may not be sold as such in the UK until they have been hallmarked. Gold and silver have, through the centuries, been alloyed with other metals, because in their pure state they are too soft to make jewellery, tableware etc.

However, it is impossible to tell by eye how much cheaper base metals have been used in this hardening process. Even gold plating, a few microns thick, looks like solid gold when new. Because of the high price of precious metals this tempts the dishonest to use substandard alloys, thus increasing profits.

The fraud is very difficult to detect; those who suffer from it are both the honest manufacturer, competing against the less scrupulous and of course the final purchaser of the goods.