Signed Swank Vintage Cufflinks Set Square SilverTone Formal Mid Century Modern

The beginnings of Swank, Inc. can be traced to the year 1897, when Samuel M. Stone and Maurice J. Baer founded the Attleboro Manufacturing Company to produce and sell jewelry for womenBy the time the United States became involved in World War I, the Attleboro Manufacturing Company was large enough to handle the production of thousands of metal identification tags, better known as "dog tags," for the military.  The name Swank actually appeared in 1927 on a print advertisement for a men's collar holder, but it was almost another decade before it became the corporate name.

In 1941, the company changed its name once again and became Swank, Inc., a designation which stuck for the next 50 years plus.