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Description: | Description: Stamped pair of silver cuff links, circular in plan with a down-turned edge forming the side ending in an out-turned lip. Parts of the side and lip are missing on both discs. On the face of each disc is a raised design of an arched and jewelled crown with central cross over two hearts (Lewis Form 1, Type A). The raised design is surrounded by a stippled background within a raised circular border. Corresponding recessed areas on the backs of the cuff links suggest the design was stamped. The loops on the back of each disc are oval with a flattened outer side and are formed of circular sectioned drawn wire soldered onto the disc. The two attachment loops are connected by an oblong silver wire link that still holds the two discs together. The cuff links would have been used to attach two edges of the cuff of a sleeve to each other by slotting the discs through a hole in the fabric. Discussion: The crown and heart device had royalist and Catholic connections during the reign of Charles I, but cuff links and buttons with this design of the crown over two hearts are considered to have originally been produced to commemorate the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662. This device then became very fashionable and continued to be used as a general symbol of love and marriage until the end of the century.Similar examples can be found on the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) database: ESS-6BD848 (2008 T685), LANCUM-9E82B6 (2011 T902), SWYOR-30DF53 (2011 T185). Additionally an example can be found in the Treasure Annual Report: 2005 T252 (TAR 2005/6 p.138, ref. 612).Read (2005) illustrates a similar cuff link with the crown over two hearts on page 98, No.388, which became more fashionable in the last quarter of the 17th century.
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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