Pair of gold circular cuff buttons with a shell and rococo scrollwork design, gold post and circular guard on reverse.
fasteners
Link, Cuff
Link, Cuff
Post side front: "PAT / APR"
Post side reverse: "18 / 1882" (Stamped)
375
Unknown
7/16 in (D), 9/16 in (diameter) (inches)
Museum Accession
2007.15.185ab
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).
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