mother-of-pearl - cufflinks
Chest of drawers. Until the mid-19th century, the standard chest had either four long, or three long and two short drawers. Rarely were there any exceptions to this rule. A chest with three drawers, or a series of small upper drawers, purporting to be Georgian, will probably have been converted from a chest-on-chest or tallboy. It is true that the 18th century commode often contain two long deep drawers, but this was a much grander and more decorative piece altogether, intended for drawing rooms, not bedrooms, and in any case was usually made to stand on legs. The standard chest of drawers continued to be made throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries (some Edwardian pine chests even had bracket feet), but variations were introduced during the mid-Victorian period, with some chests having seven or more drawers usually a deep hat drawer and smaller glove compartments. Chests with barley-sugar twist or split bobbin-turned supports date from the mid-19th century.
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Boxed set of gilt metal, mother of pearl and 9ct gold dress items comprising, a pair of cufflinks and studs
A set of cufflinks and shirt studs by Krementz, the double ended octagonal plaques set with mother of pearl and seed pearl centres in 9ct gold, with shirt studs of conforming design.
A set of mother of pearl cufflinks and shirt studs comprising double ended cufflinks set with mother of pearl and central seed pearl within a decorative engraved border, together with three shirt studs of conforming design, all in 14ct gold.
A gold and mother of pearl cufflink and dress stud set, the 9ct white gold set comprising a pair of octagonal cufflinks set with a panel of mother of pearl finished with engine turned decoration the three dress studs of conforming design boxed
Pair of hallmarked Edwardian, circular 15ct gold and mother-of-pearl cufflinks with single seed pearls to the centres, octagonal platinum frames and chain fittings