Cuff link, India, c. 1850
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1850
Cuff link in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 08573:1/(IS) to 08573:6/(IS)), made in India, dated c. 1850. The museum's brief description reads: Sleeve links, six in a bag, various agates and jaspers, cut and polished, one damaged with fragment missing; India, c.
1850.. Museum description: Circular studs/sleeve links of similar size, each with a domed top half and a flat bottom half, separated by a deep channel down to an integral central, spindle. One has a broken base with a fragment missing. Various colours. The museum records it as Bloodstone, moss agate and a mottled jasper, cut and polished using abrasives., measuring Diameter 20.6 & 19.1 mm; Height 11.4 mm; Diameter 6.2 mm; Diameter 20.5 & 19.0 mm; Height 11.2 mm; Diameter 7.0 mm; Diameter 20.2 & 19.2 mm; Height 19.8 mm; Diameter 7.0 mm; Diameter 19.7 & 18.3 mm;….
These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
These agate and jasper sleeve links were produced in the mid- to late 19th century and were fashioned on a bow-driven lathe.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bloodstone, moss agate, mottled jasper
- Dimensions
- Diameter 20.6 & 19.1 mm; Height 11.4 mm; Diameter 6.2 mm; Diameter 20.5 & 19.0 mm; Height 11.2 mm; Diameter 7.0 mm; Diameter 20.2 & 19.2 mm; Height 19.8 mm; Diameter 7.0 mm; Diameter 19.7 & 18.3 mm; Height 10.85 mm; Diameter 6.0 mm; Diameter 19.9 & 17.7 mm; Height 12.1 mm; Diameter 6.7 mm; Diameter…
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Bloodstone, moss agate and a mottled jasper, cut and polished using abrasives.
- Place recorded
- India
Identification
- Museum object name
- Cuff link
- Museum object number
- 08573:1/(IS) to 08573:6/(IS)
- Museum system number
- O472482
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and catalogue references against a specialist reference.