James and Charlotte Cowlishaw’s ‘Golden Wedding’ Napkin Rings, c 1912


Dianne Byrne

Australiana, Vol 42 no 4, November 2020

What better way to celebrate a golden wedding than with a golden gift that symbolises affection for the recipients, their intimate connection over 50 years and carries their monograms? Dianne Byrne explores the background to a pair of gold napkin rings presented to James and Charlotte Cowlishaw in Brisbane in 1912. Though marked, so far the marks have eluded us as to their maker.

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