Jewellery & Watches - 19th July 2018

Lot 1033

A pair of gold and niello rectangular cufflinks

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £500

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Description

A pair of gold and niello rectangular cufflinks, the niello depicting the letters CWPC (the initials of H. G. Murphy's son-in-law) amongst leaf decoration on rectangular gold plaques, in Murphy leather case (damaged)

Provenance: H.G. Murphy (1884-1939) and thence by descent to the present owner

Illustrated in Atterbury, P., and Benjamin, J., The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, page 168