Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Bachelor Button Cufflink Solitair

For sale is a single Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Bachelor Button Cufflink Bamboo And The Bird. In good condition, but could do with a clean. Antique Victorian cufflinks featuring a beautiful engraved pattern of bamboo and a bird. This type of cufflink was called solitaires and later renamed bachelor buttons. They were made by George West in 1872 in England. On the back of the cufflinks there is a spring action mechanism allowing for the two halves of the cufflink to come away from one another, this action was patented, as indicated by the words 'WEST'S PATENT'. The front of the cufflink is sterling silver while the rest of the piece is brass. These pieces could be worn as cufflinks or worn in the lapels of a button down shirt. This will be sent 1st class signed for and dispatched within two to three working day’s.