19th century

HAPAG

Shipping Company 

Napkin Ring

Table no. 479 

( has 5 'scratched' to it - guess a substitute for missing 5 )

Lovely Hapag Shipping Line Napkin Ring in German Silver plate.

Probably 1870s

No 479 Hallmark = Backward Bear profile, B, MF, A, S - Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik A.

 Krupp AG. This hallmark is very rare and dates between 1875-1880!

The mark for high-quality silver-plating ( Alpacca-Silber I ) using the profile of the

"standing bear" instead of the two-headed eagle image (coat of arms of Austria-Hungary).

This is a very rare variation.

The famous Berndorf Metalware Factory (in German Berndorfer Metallwaarenfabrik) was

 founded in 1843 in the small village of Berndorf, situated in the region Lower Austria

 (Niederösterreich) of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Interestingly, the foundry location 

is connected with its marking system. Due to the assonance between the words Berndorf

 and Bärendorf ( in German the last word means "bear village" ), many of the factory

Marks contain a bear profile.

The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line,

 was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847. It soon developed into the largest German, and at

 times the world's largest, shipping company, serving the market created by German immigration to the United States and later,

 immigration from Eastern Europe.

Ring details:

Height = 3cm

Diameter= 5cm

Rolled top is 2mm deep

Measures 5mm from top and bottom to perforated line decoration

Please look at all photos for details and condition. Any questions please get in contact.

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