Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 26 August 2026

Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 26 August 2026

Catalogue

Lot 897: Swank? Gilt-Metal Effect Cufflinks with "The Blue Boy" and Japanese Sage?

This auction ended on August 27, 2026.

Start price: £10

Estimated price: £10 - £20

Buyer's Premium: 18%

An assortment of vintage toggle-back cufflinks. One pair is constructed with circular settings housing high-relief polychrome porcelain? plaques. These depict a bearded elder, likely the deity Shoulao?, in traditional robes holding a staff and a green element featuring the gold-painted character ‘壽’. The toggle mechanisms are stamped ‘SWANK’ . The second pair consists of oval gilt-metal effect? frames with openwork scrolling borders, containing miniature printed reproductions after Thomas Gainsborough’s ‘The Blue Boy’ under clear cabochons.