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Pair of silver cuff links [ab], round buttons engraved with stylized ray-like lines. Pasteboard pink box with gilt foil inscription [cd].
cuff links
silver (metal)
Link, Cuff
Top of Box: "Established 1809 / James Ritchie & Son / Watchmakers & Jewellers / 25 Leith Str. / and 181 Princes Str. / EDINBURGH"
Bottom of Box: "Greek Buttons / S.O.J." (Gilt foil / Ink)
274
Unknown
Greece
9/16 (diameter) (inches)
2000.499A-D
For more information on cuff links and studs see Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995):178-179; Hinks, Peter, "Victorian Jewelry," (1991).
Title Portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett Accession Number 1998.6357
Title .497 - Handkerchiefs embroidered "SOJ" Accession Number 2000.495
Title Handkerchief bag embroidered "SOJ" Accession Number 2000.498
Title d - Pair of cuff links in box Accession Number 2000.499 a
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