Art Deco Onyx & Pearl Gold Cufflinks

A useful pair of Art DecoA movement within the arts between the two Great Wars (1920-1935) across Europe and the US, characterized by its clean, geometric designs. The aesthetic was intended to celebrate an age of progress and the modernity of the machine. cufflinks which have been set with onyxOnyx is an opaque black variety of polycrystalline chalcedony quartz.  plaques with a central natural pearlA pearl-bearing mollusc that has not been tampered with by man to produce a cultivated pearl will produce a ‘natural pearl’. in each one. They are 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold and 9ct37.5% pure gold (or 375 parts pure gold and 625 parts other metals) gold. This combination was often used.