Gilded cufflink ID/era?

[BlackX]

Here is a cufflink that was gilded. The gilt seems mostly gone on the front but a lot of it remains on the back piece. There are two interlocked diamonds on the back that I presume are a makers mark. The post on the front-piece is triangular shaped. Any idea as to the age, maker, etc.?

Length of front-piece: 3/4", width of front-piece: 3/8", length of back-piece: 9/16", width of back-piece: 7/16".

[Update: I just started cleaning it lightly with a toothpick at the makers mark and it looks like there may be a "C" in the left diamond.]

 

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[BuckleBoy]

I would say turn of the century to 1920 due to the two-piece construction of it. Most Victorian or earlier ones I've found were one-piece on the larger, outward-facing side of the cufflink. Some Victorian ones I have are one-piece on the larger side, and two-piece on the smaller one...but the earlier ones are all one-piece. I don't think you'll be able to determine a maker of the cufflink unless it is marked in some way.

Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[BlackX]

Here's pics of the back-piece.

Does the curved indentation on the back-piece pretty mean it was a two-piece or would the triangle itself have told you that?

 

[BuckleBoy]

A two-piece button/relic/etc. has two piece of brass folded together to create the item. The back and front of yours are both two-piece. A one-piece button/relic was literally one single piece of brass. See how the edges are crimped over to hold the two thin pieces of brass together?


-Buckleboy

 

[BlackX]

Got it. Thanks.