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Description: | TREASURE CASE 2012 T181 Post Medieval cuff link element Period: 1730's onwardsDescription: silver sheet disc belonging to a cufflink. The front has a raised decoration consisting of a crown above clasped hands, which are above two flaming (?) hearts. The background is stipled/ textured. The cufflink has down-turned edges, bent in places and in one section of the edge has been sheared of from the face. The reverse has a cylindrical tube soldered in place and at the other end of this tube is soldered the remains of a circular disc, now badly damaged. At the centre of the face of the disc are the makers marks either 'JJ', 'IJ', or even 'AJ' (see discussion below). Dimensions:Diameter: 15.35mmThickness: 7.97mmWeight: 1.41gDiscussion: A similar item can be found from Reigate, Surrey (SUR-D35431). The possible maker's marks date to the 1730's and 1750's (Jackson, CJ 1921 'English Goldsmiths and Their Marks', p.188) and as such this item falls outside the scope or the Treasure Act 1996.Janina ParolAssistant Treasure RegistrarThe BritishMuseum
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