Tiffany Horse Cufflinks with Gold Fittings
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
Poole pottery dinner service, feather drift pattern designed by Alfred Read comprising two ashes, lidded tureen, 6 dinner plates, 6 luncheon plates, 6 side plates, 6 cups and saucers, 6 side plates and 6 coupes
An antique carnelian intaglio ring, 9ct yellow gold, made as simple low profile Victorian signet style ring, featuring a central carved carnelian intaglio of a maiden in profile, bezel set in a low mount, merging to a smooth band
18ct gold seal ring, with bloodstone intaglio family crest
A lava cameo brooch, late 19th century and a shell cameo pendant, early 20th century, comprising an oval-shaped lava cameo depicting a bacchante wearing a headdress of fruiting vine and holding a basket of fruit, mounted within a polished rose gold surroun