Antique French 800 (nearly sterling) Silver 2" Napkin Ring PAIR, Ribbon Borders jar and I try to buy

and I try to buy the finest ones we see

and you can see that there is some age showing on each in form of dark dots that I'm not quite able to explain other than to just show them to you

the French most often used 18k gold to plate these old silver pieces and

He has historically been referred to as the "First Christian Emperor

still very rare to fine

Antique French 800 (nearly sterling) Silver 2" Napkin Ring PAIR, Ribbon Borders jar and I try to buyElegant PAIR of antique French . 800 (nearly sterling) silver 2" napkin rings with "his & her" type interlaced monograms and fluted rims with crossed ribbon decoration! Both bear the French Minerve or Minerva hallmark, the shape and tiny number "2" within the marks means they're in . 800 or better silver content (80% pure and so just under the . 925 standard for "sterling" silver). There are no tiny silversmith marks that I've been able to find but