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Link, Cuff

Object Name:
Link, Cuff
Object ID:
1942.011.09
Date:
1898
Description:
Cufflinks, pair, gold and enamel. Spanish-American War. Flat disc, 0.45" diameter. Red, white, and blue American flag with three red stripes, two white stripes, blue field with ten stars in rows of three, four, three. Star symbols in gold. Gold background. Flagpole with small ball on top. Flag distorted slightly to indicate blowing in breeze. Raised lines that outline different enamel elements. Slightly backwards, beveled outside edge. Round shaft on back, 0.08" diameter, which curves downward to gold ball, 0.29" diameter. Gold on surfaces. Two small dark-colored wood fragments in package with carved elements on them. Single piece of paperboard with label on it; label in upper left-hand corner, at angle; "Frederick T. Widmer / Jeweler, / 31 West Street, / BOSTON."; two rectangular black lines around text; handwriting on board: "Spanish / War 1898".
Material:
Metal
Wood
Enamel
Gold
Dimensions:
H-0.7 W-0.45 D-0.7 inches Weight-0.145 oz
Credit Line:
Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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