A beautiful napkin ring representing the fifth sign of the zodiac, Leo, flanked by two red carnelians with overall hammered finish and foliage border, made by Amy Alice Sandheim. The napkin ring is hallmarked for London, for the year 1933.

The silver napkin ring presents A|S, the Lion passant, the London assay mark, and date letter 's' for 1933.

Amy Alice Sandheim (née Wilkins) was born in 1876, in London. She studied sculpture and enamelling at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London under the guidance of chief instructor W. Augustus Steward. In 1907, she married Julius Woolfe Sandheim, a fellow colleague and silversmith. In 1908, she set up her jewellery workshop inspired by the Art Nouveau movement and the Pre-Raphaelite paintings, bringing an abundance of intense colours, sculptural details and composition to her jewellery and silver. She registered her first mark in 1923 and, for 16 years, up until 1939, she will go on in producing some of the most sculptural, original and elegant pieces of silver.

If you want to read more about Amy Alice Sandheim, see this blog post here.