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Sleeve button

See our: cuff links.

A type of fastener that was used in the 17th/18th centuries to fasten the wrist bands of a sleeve; it was the precursor of the modern cuff-link.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson