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Description: | Stamped silver cufflink element or button that is circular in plan. The face is decorated with two hearts surmounted by a single crown, the sides are angled downwards and the reverse in concave. There is no evidence for a soldered attachment loop on the reverse, suggesting that this may be a button rather than a cufflink. Read (2008, 98) suggests that this motif, commonly found on 17th-century cuff-links and buttons, may have celebrated the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662.Similar examples have been recorded as treasure, see CAM-21D823 (2011T938)Read B, 2008, Hooked-Clasps and Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-Hooked Clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Loops, Rings or Toggles, Portcullis Publishing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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