A very rare and exquisite pair of silver napkin rings, of circular shape, hammered finish and openwork sides, each set with a mottled blue-green pottery cabochons. The silver was made by the master silversmith of the Arts and Crafts movement, Albert Edward Jones, while the pottery roundels were provided by Ruskin Pottery. The pottery studio was founded by Edward Richard Taylor, the principal of Birmingham School of Art, where Jones trained as a silversmith and designer. He will go on to register his first mark with the Birmingham Assay Office on the 1st of December 1902, and silver pieces with small Ruskin pottery roundels started to appear in 1903. The napkin rings offered for sale were made in 1903, the first business year of Jones' atelier, at the age of 25. The pair is fitted in a gilt-tooled black leather-covered case, and retailed by Russells, Ltd. 
 
The silver presents A. E. J, the Lion Passant, the Birmingham Assay mark, and date letter “d” for 1903.