?? Dating Cufflinks ??

[amandainvermont]

There are so many good jewelry sites online offering dating information by the findings/styles/materials used, etc. Any suggestions where to look to date cufflinks? I have learned that there is a national cuff link society and there's a museum in New Hampshire with 70,000 pair.

What about looking up patents? What terms would I search? I have thought about asking on the Fedora forums. Anywhere else?

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

We actually had someone join here whose specialty was cufflinks...I will see if I can find him in the forums for you.

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Here he is....

Name:: Danny Eichler
Trading Name:: Retro Cufflinks

Website:: http://www.retrocufflinks.com.au

 

[morning-glorious]

I'm very interested in cuff links, too, and have been buying a lot of them lately to put on MisterBibs. I love them! I just ordered a couple of books about cuff links. This one came and I've started reading it, it's wonderful. I highly recommend it.

http://www.amazon.com/Cuff-Links-Su...4S2_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390077781&sr=1-2

You date cuff links by the mechanisms, the styles, materials, etc. Patent numbers may be for the toggles themselves and were used for several decades by different makers. Major makers were Swank, Anson, Hickok, Dante and Krementz. Many others are unsigned. They follow fashion trends just like women's jewelry (rhinestones in the 50s, art deco designs in the 20s, etc).

I'm afraid the Conway NH cufflink museum is no more. Bummer!!!
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/013771.html

Jen

 

[thespectrum]

Giving this a bump as I just ran across this site:

http://www.cufflinkking.com/glossary.htm