Identifying maker's mark

Dear all,

I have a pair of modern, contemporary cufflinks, 18K yellow gold set with red neritina communis shells. The cufflinks date approximately from the (late) 1990s/(early) 2000s. I guess they are American.
I have trying to identify the maker and searched various databases, alas to no avail. Maybe I just missed the hallmark...
Now I'm hoping that someone here will be able to help me.

 

A clue?

https://www.cufflinksdepot.com/p/18C1512S13/Sterling+Snail+Cufflinks.html

 

Thanks, but they are not from Deakin & Francis

 

@MaJa , where did you get these? The shells are lovely and the 18kt gold is great too of course, but I wonder if these were made by a "marriage" of the cuff link part and the shells? Finding the maker of the metal is key.

 

I don't recognize the metal markings, someone else will have to chime in later on that, but I did find it not uncommon to find these shells made into cuff links. Could they be Scully And Scully brand? The backing looks similar to these:

https://www.scullyandscully.com/jewelry/cufflinks-studs/formal-stud-sets/

and here are some shells only with what could be gold:

https://www.scullyandscully.com/jew...bra-shell-cufflinks-with-red-coral-center.axd

 

I bought them on an internet platform a few years ago

I don't think they are a "marriage", there are numerous similar ones out there, also with yellow/brown/orange/grey/... shells, some with small precious stones at the top...

 

thanks, I haven't checked them/their hallmark yet; there were/are numerous companies that produced this type of cufflinks, some in Italy (but then the hallmarks would be totally different), others in the US, such as Trianon from NYC (but mine are not from Trianon)

 

Maja, I don't have time this morning to look at the Scully and Scully more closely, but at their prices, I suggest you check!

Please return to let us know what you find!

 

Most likely the mark is from a findings company which sold to many jewelry making companies.

 

I agree this is very possible.

 

I think @antidiem nailed it at Scully & Scully!! For the tidy sum of $2,250.!!

 

Thanks, but I'm truly NOT CONVINCED they are Scully, above, Hollyblue was much better able to articulate what I wanted to express about the "marriage" of the gold and the shells...

 

Maybe; that's what I want to find out. Is it from a known brand or is it an inspired copy?
As this type of cufflinks is usually quite expensive, I guess that the brand jeweler/jewelery company selling them would put his/its own hallmark or logo on them and not the findings company's hallmark.

 

Problem is, there are similar ones by other companies, such as Trianon
https://trianonjewelry.com/collections/shell-cufflinks

So I would need a picture of the Scully & Scully hallmarks to compare them. Then we would be sure.

 

I had a further look at the Scully & Scully shell cufflinks, they all have different toggles, either a ball made of a (semi-)precious stone/material or a bar linked to a chain...

 

@MaJa, you can always email them and ASK!!!

 

From experience I would say you are wrong. We bought 18K Omega clips from France with French marks since it was the only maker of the clips at the time. There were no suppliers in the U.S at that time.

 

Those have pearls mounted in gold on the tips. MaJa's don't, so it could be a different brand.

Btw, MaJa, it is a manufacturer's mark, a hallmark can only be punched by an assay office.

 

Thank you for clarifying this, AJ.