✅ SOLVED Ornate colonial cufflink?

[Patriot Relics]

Hey guys, looking for a bit if help with this... cufflink? Remnants of a shank clearly visible on the back with a celtic cross motif on the front. Any info greatly appreciated

 

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[coinman123]

Looks like a cufflink to me, probably late 1700's to early 1800's. I don't know if it has a Celtic cross on it, it may just be a random design, I think it is supposed to be square rather than diamond shaped. It may be newer though actually, but I will wait and see what people say. Most colonial ones are hand etched and hand done for the most part, yours looks maybe machine made.

Here's a 1740's to 1780's silver cufflink I found, probably one of the most common designs used on them.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Thanks for talking a shot coinman, I've dug a mid 1700 octagonal link, and late 1700 oval variety but never a square shape. OutdoorAdv was thinking maybe a stickpin

 

[coinman123]

Thanks for talking a shot coinman, I've dug a mid 1700 octagonal link, and late 1700 oval variety but never a square shape. OutdoorAdv was thinking maybe a stickpin

Same, I even found a complete linked together pair of 1790's brass ovals, with iron chain though I think unfortunately (rusted together both links). I think that my silver link is the only octagonal one I dug, though I have found a few oval ones, never square though. My only silver one is the one above, I love the etched design on it. Could your find be the thumbwheel thingy of a brass oil lamps or lanterns, those ones with the wick that are often in old trash pits and other 1800's sites.

 

[metaldetectinggod]

Most likely a stick pin lantern knobs have holes usually square holes. I said stick pin because it doesn't look 200 years old.Early 1900s?

 

[Patriot Relics]

Certainly not a lantern knob-stick pin does seem most plausible. Relics on this site range from the 1600-early 1900 so pinning the date would be a challenge. That being said construction is nearly identical to a flat button...hense my guess of late 1700 early 1800s. Thanks for the help