POE / PRINCETON Victorian Gold Cuff Links / Sleeve Buttons

POE / PRINCETON Victorian Gold Cuff Links … the Sleeve Buttons of Edgar Allen Poe's nephew Arthur Poe (star football player at Princeton in the 1890's)

Circular, diameter approximately 1” each
Gold, stipple textured and with raised applied & black enameled Gothick-Old English style “P” on each
Troy weight, pair .2095 ounce
Gold tested :
Provenance : estate of Ella Poe Burling

According to Princeton University website : Arthur Poe, one of the four sons of Edgar Allen Poe's cousin John Prentiss Poe, attorney general of Maryland. Arthur Poe, class of 1900, All-American, made the decisive score that beat Yale in two successive years .
Wikipedia : Arthur Poe's grandfather, Neilson Poe, born the same year as the famous author, lived so closely with Edgar Allen Poe most of his adult life, that he was perceived by many as the writer's brother.
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