Cufflinks Van Cleef & Arpels 18k and Fine Lapis Back to Back Vintage, 1960

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Seller: pierrefamille ✉️ (6) 100%, Location: Aspen, Colorado, US, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 116079931098 Cufflinks Van Cleef & Arpels 18k and Fine Lapis Back to Back Vintage, 1960.

Van Cleef & Arpels Cufflinks 18K yellow gold and fine natural lapis and back to back. Secured by tightly woven bands of boldly textured 18K gold, the 4 stones of lapis all match well in their vivid blue color. Usually we see this cufflink in black onyx, so we were excited to find this unusual pair with lapis. Notice how the lapis is not flat but a high sugarloaf cabochon - giving them a three dimensional quality. These cufflinks are easy to put on with ample room for French cuffs. Signed and numbered, these vintage Van Cleef cufflinks are in fine condition.

Cufflinks are generally worn by men - except in the 19th century when they were also worn by women. For a jeweled decoration, cufflinks have always been a popular accessory.

Cufflinks have a fair amount of complexity in terms of criteria for selection. Here are a quick dozen reasons from which men pick 1 or 2 as the reasons for favoring a pair of cufflinks. -overall size,

-weight,

-type of gemstone

-how the cufflink looks against solid color background

presented by the cuff, and

-the personality offered by the motif of the cufflink

-the distance or "throw" of a cufflink as between its back and its front. This criteria has a lot to do with whether or not the gentleman has a large or a small wrist size

-certainly the color or type of material - gold, platinum, silver, wood stainless steel, and carved stones,

-the time period - "I'm Edwardian", "Just call me Deco", "I wouldn't touch Victorian, but I adore Georgian" "Nothing but Belle Epoch for me", etc.,

-whether or not the cufflinks are signed

-ease of application and removal

-and as women would always judge - how a cufflink would "go with" a particular set of shirts, sport coats or suits, and

-who gave them to him!

Today, a preponderance of jewelry is machine made in large factories around the world with abundant and obvious suspicions as to its enduring qualities using not only inferior stones, but also man made stones and treated stones utilizing artificial substances.

Alternatively, classic, well made lapis and 18K gold cufflinks are hand-crafted from a leading jewelry House.

In today's world, there are duplicitous websites (for example, one beginning with the word "Bague") pirating information and photographs from legitimate sites in order to appear more knowledgeable. They do this to gain your trust and thus earn an ill-gotten legitimacy. They have no intention of providing these authentic items after you pay them, because they never possessed them. So please, always be careful.

All items sold are accompanied by a detailed Statement of Value by our gemologist, as well as all original gemological documentation, if specified in the listing. As always, we guarantee all pieces to be exactly as represented. Each piece of jewelry arrives in a gift-wrapped fine presentation box.

Over the decades of our stewardship as a small but exemplary purveyor of the jeweler's art, we have strived to offer a fine and authentic selection, in excellent condition, of collectible jewels from all highly sought time periods at competitive prices. In the process, we have had the extraordinary good fortune of meeting remarkable people - some collectors, others just extremely interesting individuals who have taken the time and effort to examine their lives and select things that tend to make them smile, or admire, or just wonder at the exciting endlessly creative and nuanced panoply of jeweled artifacts.

  • Condition: Used
  • Type: Cufflinks
  • Department: Men
  • Brand: Unbranded
  • Main Stone: Lapis Lazuli
  • Main Stone Shape: Cabochon
  • Main Stone Color: Blue
  • Secondary Stone: Onyx
  • Metal: Yellow Gold
  • Metal Purity: 18 karat

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