Handmade cuff links of sterling silver and cased glass made to resemble matrixed turquoise. The glass is securely bezel mounted; the other sides are undecorated flat rectangular bars. The bridge bars show no stress and are very sturdy. The cuff links are unmarked, but test definitively as sterling. The larger sides measure 5/8 inch long by 5/16 inch wide.
The larger sides formed as cast lobed rectangles overlaid with diagonal bands, the opposing sides undecorated ovular panels. The bridge links are tubular and well secured with thick wire rings. The backs bear the circular mark of Los Castillos with the Mexican sterling eagle mark. The rectangular sides measure about 1 1/8 inches by ½ inch. Weight: 11.1 grams total
Oval, both sides with 14-kt gold backs inset with black mother-of pearl and enhanced with a center seed pearl. The rims are likely platinum. The gold bridge bars are marked for Larter and Sons, Newark, NJ. Each side measures 5/8 inch long by 3/8 inch wide.
Decorated with white tour a guilloche enamel in a detailed circular pattern framed by notched rims of sterling silver. The connecting links on the back are original and secure, with no signs of metal stress. The backs bear a sterling mark as well as an unidentified maker’s mark of a W or M in a circle. Each button measures ½ inch in diameter. Weight: 6.2 grams total
Handmade and set with ceramic stones colored to look like agates. The stones are of irregular shapes and bezel mounted on rectangular scored panels. The opposing sides are rectangular and undecorated except for stepped rims. The bridge bars are secure and show no stress; they are marked with what looks like a conjoined PK, 835 for silver content and an unidentified mark. The cuff links may be eastern European. The tops measure about 3/8 inch by ½ inch.
One side cast as Viking ships in full sail with applied details along the sides, with the opposing sides undecorated oblong panels. The backs of the ships bear the mark of Just Andersen, of Copenhagen, Denmark. The ships measure 5/8 inch long x 5/8 inch wide. Weight: 9.6 grams
Engraved with an elongated diamond pattern on rectangular panels, with ovular anchor links. The bridge bars bear the maker’s mark of Bernhard Hertz, Copenhagen (1936- ). All connections are in good working order; the cuff links show hardly any wear. The rectangular pieces measure 7/8 inch long by ½ inch wide. Weight: 9.2 grams
Modernist silver elongated cuff links set with cobalt blue spinels, enhanced with an applied silver wire. Each bridge bar is marked for .835 silver; the anchor bars are decorated with engine-turned engraving. They measure about 1 ½ inches long by ½ inch at the widest part. All connections and both hinges are intact and show no stress; there is a tiny nick on the underside edge of one cuff link.
Sterling silver frames set with abalone that shows hardly any signs of wear. Two buttons are marked sterling; each measures 5/8 inch long by 3/8 inch wide.
Textured, with a scored surface, the bridge bars marked for .930 silver. They are probably European. The knotted part measures ½ inch wide. Weight: 9.6 grams
