African Hippo Glass and Pewter Napkin Ring Large

Hand Made in South Africa.

These beautiful napkin rings are made out of recycled glass and pewter.

The ring is made out of solid glass that comes from the Kingdom of Swaziland, the warthog head and tail are made out of pewter that comes from South Africa.

The pewter has been treated so that it is dishwasher safe, the glass is re-cycled from soda pop bottles. Comes gift boxed.

This is the perfect gift for any home, beautiful as well as functional.

An enormous, amphibious mammal with smooth, naked skin. An inflated looking body supported on short, thin legs. Huge muzzle, bigger in males, eyes, nostrils and little ears placed high on the head. Canines enlarged as tusks. Brown to gray purple with pink under parts and creases, short bristles on head, back and tail. Most mating occurs in the dry season, always in the water, when populations are concentrated. Most calves are born in rainy months after an eight-month gestation period. Females conceive typically at the age of nine years and then calve at two yearly intervals. Their diet consists of about 40 kg of preferably short grass nightly, mowing about fifty centremetres swath with its muscular lips. Males weight between 1600 - 3200 kg and females between 655 - 2344 kg. They are about thirteen feet long and up to five feet tall.