|
Date: |
|
Description: | A Post-Medieval cast or die-stamped pewter cuff link dating to the 17th century. The cuff link is flat and bears a design of two gloved hands held together. Above is a crown and below are two hearts.The field contains small pellets. The attachment hoop is small (6mm wide). The colour is greenish grey. There is light green corrosion covering the underside and the hoop. This item is comparable to a cuff link featured in Meredith and Cuddeford 1997 - Identifying Buttons, page 29. This is a cuff link of the same size and style and with the same design minus the gloved hands (no. 2). The Meredith and Cudeford cuff link is dated to the 17th or 18th century and may be a reference to the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662.Diameter - 14.88mm. Thickness (excluding hoop) 1.38mm. Weight 0.9g See also Read, B 1988 History Beneath Our Feet, pages 143-144.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
CUFF LINK
An incomplete silver post-medieval (AD…
-
-
-
-
CUFF LINK
An incomplete Post Medieval silver…
-
-
CUFF LINK
An incomplete silver post medieval…
|