FIGURAL NAPKIN RINGS – Collector’s Identification and Value Guide   by Lillian Gottschalk and Sandra Whitson, Collector Books, KY, 1996.

This comprehensive pictorial price guide is a collector’s item in itself.  Profusely illustrated with over 800 black-and-white captioned photographs, this book pictures and identifies collectible figural napkin rings of all types.  Captions include name, maker, design number and date when known, terse description, and value [see date of publication].

This book covers by chapters:  Animals – Domestic (Cats, dogs, cows and bulls, goats, horses and donkeys, sheep); Animals – Wild (Bears, deer, foxes and wolves, lions, mice and rats, monkeys, rabbits, squirrels, miscellaneous); Birds (Large, small, long-tailed birds, cockatoos and eagles, roosters, hens and geese, cranes, storks, swans and herons, owls); Bud Vases; Chairs and Stools; Characters; Combination Sets; Cherubs and Cupids; Fans, Butterflies, Flowers, Fruits and Berries; Kate Greenway Types (Infants, boys, girls, women); Marine Life (Beavers, dolphins, frogs, shells, turtles); Military; Miscellaneous Subjects; People; Sports; Fakes, Mistakes and Mysteries; Catalog Pages and Reference Materials; Manufacturers and Merchandisers.

This book is an invaluable reference for the collector, dealer, or historian of collectible silver napkin rings.

8.4” x 11” softback in very good condition.  352  pages.

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