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Elizabeth Gage silver drachma coin cufflinks
“I look at a stone,” the British jewellery designer and master goldsmith Elizabeth Gage once said, “and it tells me what to do.” With a glance at these cufflinks, her words immediately carry resonance and relevance. Half a century after she won her first major commission, for Cartier in 1968, Gage, the proudly avant-garde jeweller, is finding more and more inspiration in her materials of choice, which range from exquisite stones to baroque pearls via ancient bronzes, stunning carvings, enamel, molten gold, coins and stones.
Gage’s idiosyncratic elegance and command of historical references has seen her garner a large following in the U.S., among other areas, while her cufflinks featuring ancient coins have gained her significant cachet and currency (pun intended) with readers of . This set, in 18ct polished yellow-gold, is inset with silver drachma coins thought to date from between 344-321 B.C., from the Ancient Greek city of Larissa, depicting the nymph of the local spring after which the metropolis was named. Four rounded plinths on the outside of each, and the gold swirl bead-back with which the cufflinks are finished, make for an eye-catching pair
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