Chinese Silver Napkin Ring Augusto Rato Potier

Augusto Rato Potier
BIRTH 5 Jun 1903
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
DEATH 27 Dec 1964 (aged 61)
Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
BURIAL
Cemitério da Guia
Cascais, Cascais Municipality, Lisboa, Portugal
Distinguished Portuguese career diplomat for over 40 years. Minister to Indonesia. Ambassador to Sweden, Pakistan and Chile. Died on post in Santiago de Chile.

Husband of: Alma Dato-Montero Potier:
Daughter of Francisco Dato-Tessitore and Raquel Montero de Dato. Distinguished watercolor miniaturist. See previous posting of her work
Parents of: Regina Potier Esteves and Gloria Potier Harrison.

Comment from daughter Gloria Potier Harrison (thank you!):

I used to love playing with the napkin rings as a child. Later, my mother Alma used them every day at dinnertime. When she passed away, I inherited them, I did the same. By the way, I'm the one who used to polish them! I love silver and its patina. I'm glad they were bought by some one who appreciated them.
Gloria Potier Harrison, age 75

The napkin rings were my favorites too. There were more than the ones shown here. They were always used in the family dinners, and I loved polishing them. They were not used at diplomatic dinners, for fear someone would "accidentally" take one as a souvenir, ha ha!