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LOT 1841
Stuart Period Silver Crowned Double Heart Cufflink
17TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.96 grams, 15 mm).
A button link with crowned hearts on a textured field. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Somerset collector, UK, since at least the early 2000s.
Footnotes
Cufflinks and other dress fittings such as buttons featuring crowned hearts design were originally conceived to commemorate the marriage of king Charles II of England to Catherine of Braganza in 1662, although the design continued as a general symbol of love and/or marriage.
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