In an era when many jewellers outdo each other to create increasingly outrageous novelty cuff links, it's refreshing to find a more classic approach. I was recently sent these beautiful agate cuff links by Robbie Wright of Alistair-R Jewellery who contacted me to introduce me to his products.
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| Agate and sterling silver cuff links from Alistair-R |
Robbie told me the thinking behind his brand:
"The keys influences were:
1. A set of 1920’s 18ct gold and moonstone dress studs and cufflinks given to my grandfather and later passed on to me; sowing the seed of a desire to create jewellery of simple, elegant and timeless quality.
2. A boyish enthusiasm for collecting natural artefacts and beautiful stones in my native Wiltshire
3. An awareness that the mid market for men’s jewellery appeared dominated by themes of novelty, technology and metal - and those of more classical design tended to be chunky and have a manufactured look. Pieces of classical elegance were hard to come by other than in antique jewellery outlets and then only rarely.
After 8 years of training and experimentation in my lapidary and silver workshop I launched a range of 40 cufflinks in late 2016".Robbie makes cufflinks in a variety of designs - all, as he says, of a classically refined nature. Prices from around £150. See Alistair-R website here.
I was sent the cuff links to try. This is an unpaid feature. All views are mine alone.