"Royal" gold plated cuff link (likely Civil War Era....?)

[Twin Picks]

Hey all,
pulled this Cuff Link from a site that has given up a hand full of late 19th century items including some CW bullets and buttons. I was hoping someone who knows something about cuff links might be able to help identify this. the front reads "Royal" and has no back marks.

Thanks in advance!!

 

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[tamrock]

I'm thinking this type would be more from the last decade of the 19th and made this way well into the 1st quarter of the 20th century. I'm thinking a CW era cufflink would be more a linked button type such as the one on a TN post. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/relic-hunting/449205-need-help-dating-cufflinks.html This double button types were made from the 18th century in to the early 20th century I believe? Yours is machine made which make it from the machine age (post CW to the early 20th century) imo.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Apparently this design is referred to as a bean back type cuff link- Victorian for sure (likely late 1800s, early 1900s).

 

[Twin Picks]

Thanks for the confirmation on the date range. I wasn't able to find any info on the "Royal" mark but it likely isn't a significant item anyway. Good to know about the "Bean Back" thing Jon! I have found a few like this in the past so helps date a few other sites as well....if I can only remember where they are !!

Cheers,

 

[Patriot Relics]

Thanks for the confirmation on the date range. I wasn't able to find any info on the "Royal" mark but it likely isn't a significant item anyway. Good to know about the "Bean Back" thing Jon! I have found a few like this in the past so helps date a few other sites as well....if I can only remember where they are !!

Cheers,

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