Edit: I've more recently learned that you can find vintage cufflinks that work for 18th century too! The kind with the stiff attached posts aren't any use, but the "chain link" kinds have either a little chain or a bar with two loops, so they work just like the 18th century ones.
Here are the two pairs I've got so far. The black ones were $15 on etsy and the gold ones were $3 at a thrift store. The gold ones aren't great for 18th century but the black ones are octagons, which is good.
A quick google images search for "chain link cufflinks" shows quite a lot of oval and octagon ones that look plenty appropriate for 18th century! The important features are that they're linked at each end, and that the little decorative bits are the same on either end instead of having one fancy thingy and one plain bar.
I'll be keeping an eye open for them from now on at thrift stores and estate sales! I've heard that vintage cufflinks are one of those things that you can get for really good prices because not many people use them anymore.
The rest of these are all archaeological finds from Portable Antiquities Scheme, so I'll just leave links to the individual object pages, which have a bunch more information.
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