Pair of cuff links Maker: Unknown

1830–50

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Gold

Dimensions

each cuff link: 7/16 × 1 3/8 in. (1.11 × 3.49 cm, 3.5 g)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1936.168a-b

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Jewelry

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Member of the Livingston family. Robert Ensko, New York, New York; purchased by Francis P. Garvan (1875-1937); gift 1936 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 2, p. 267, no. 1012
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

One disc scratch "98" on reverse; one disc impressed on the reverse with a form that resembles a three-leafed plant; otherwise unmarked.

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