Exhibit 23.1


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Form S-8 Registration
Statement relating to the A. T. Cross Company Defined Contribution Retirement
Plan of our reports dated (a) February 10, 1997, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of A. T. Cross Company incorporated by
reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996
and (b) June 20, 1997, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of
the A. T. Cross Company Profit Sharing Plan and Trust and the A. T. Cross
Company 401(k) Savings Plan included in the Annual Report on Form 11-K, both for
the year ended December 31, 1996.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
December 19, 1997