£800
FRASCAROLO - a pair of Italian 18ct gold ruby and enamel bull cufflinks, each bull mask with black enamel head, red snout and round-cut ruby eyes, inside the heads stamped with oval panels with Modele Deposse 750 and Made In Italy, with reeded swivel terminals, head height 23.3mm, 20.4g. Pierino 'Rino' Frascarolo (1928 - 1976), came from a wealthy Milanese family and set up Frascarolo & Cie with 2 colleagues, Aldo Lenti (1910 -1982) and Daniele Valiera (1912 - 1978)
Both heads have enamel chips on edges near cheeks, both also have minor enamel chips around eyes, 1 cufflink fitting has been re-soldered and is lacking internal spring, both fittings still working
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