Help needed please – especially from the Indians out there! / myLot

United Kingdom

February 10, 2025 6:56am CST

I have a lot of things I inherited from my mother, and many of those she inherited from her parents. Every now and then I will attempt to sort through a few of them but it all takes so much time! Here is one thing I would like to know more about. It’s a pair of silver cufflinks which belonged to my grandfather, who was born in India to Scottish and Welsh parents in the 1890s. Can anyone tell me what the script on them means? Thanks for your help! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2025.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16854)

• China

23 Feb

I have never seen such cufflinks ,which is a real antique !

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16854)

• China

@Fleura The silver cufflinks are of great sentimental value. You might as well ask an expert for appraising the value of them .

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Fleur

@Fleura (31031)

• United Kingdom

23 Feb

I guess they are more than 100 years old. My mother was born in 1924, and she was the second youngest of five children, the eldest was born about 1918. And before that her father had given up his work travelling the world as a ship's engineer so he could stay at home and be a family man. So he probably bought them either when he visited India on a ship (which I know he did) or earlier as a young man growing up in India.

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Fleur

@Fleura (31031)

• United Kingdom

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@changjiangzhibin89 I have so many bits and pieces, it would be expensive to take every little thing for appraisal.