1970s Silver-Tone American Flag Cufflinks with Red, White and Blue Enamel-Style Resin Faces, Bullet Backs

DESCRIPTION

A pair of rectangular silver-tone cufflinks, each face a Stars and Stripes flag rendered in red, white and blue under a clear resin dome, mounted on a bullet-back toggle. The pair weighs 15.8 grams and carries no maker's mark; the seller notes the resin has yellowed with age.

WORTH NOTING

• Rectangular American flag faces in red, white and blue under clear resin; silver-tone rectangular bezels.
• Bullet-back toggle closures — the standard swivel fitting that is quick to put on.
• Unmarked; no maker, hallmark or country of origin is present.
• Pair weight 15.8 grams (seller-supplied).
• Era: Resin-domed flag cufflinks were made from the 1970s onward.
• The resin has ambered slightly, giving the white stripes a cream tone.
• Sized for a standard French cuff.

MEASUREMENTS

Each face approx. 1.75 cm × 1.25 cm (about 11/16" × 1/2"), seller-supplied. Pair weight 15.8 g.

CONDITION

Used. The resin over each flag has yellowed somewhat, warming the white stripes to cream; the silver-tone metal shows light surface wear. Toggles appear intact and functional in the photographs. No cracks or chips to the resin are visible.

FROM THE HOUSE

There is nothing coy about a flag cufflink. This pair is small — smaller than most flag links, which tend toward the enormous — and the ambered resin has softened the colours to something closer to an old bunting than a new poster. Worn with a white shirt and a navy blazer they make their point without shouting.

The Fourth, Veterans Day, an inauguration, a naturalisation ceremony: these have a calendar of their own. Find our other cufflinks in the storefront, and ask if you would like a photograph of the backs. ~ Maxwell