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THREE PAIRS OF AMERICAN GOLD CUFF LINKS
Lot 388 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GLORIA MANNEY

THREE PAIRS OF AMERICAN GOLD CUFF LINKS

ALL APPARENTLY UNMARKED, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Closed19 January 2024

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THREE PAIRS OF AMERICAN GOLD CUFF LINKS
ALL APPARENTLY UNMARKED, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
the first pair octagonal with silver borders, engraved with radiating bands and scrolling foliage, the second pair octagonal and engraved with flowerheads, the third pair oval and engraved with foliate monogram BP within bright cut borders
5⁄8 in. (1.6 cm.) long, each link, the oval examples
10 dwt. (15 gr.) gross weight

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 1985, lot 94 (the oval examples).

Specialist note

A pair of circular cuff links by Paul Revere Sr. engraved with similar flowerheads to the pair in the present lot are in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (Acc. No. 1959.17.2a-b). A further pair of circular cuff links engraved with similar flowerheads were sold from the Estate of Eric Martin Wunsch, Christie's, New York, 22 January 2015, lot 71.