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An Australian gold nugget and agate brooch, circa 1860 with a…
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Melbourne
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17-Oct-2016
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An Australian gold nugget and agate brooch, circa 1860 with a cushion shaped section of banded agate within a border of natural gold nuggets and high carat gold bars, unmarked, 6 cm wide, 38.7 grams, The brooch is reputed to be made in Bendigo from nuggets mined at Creswick by a Dr Lawson and set with a section of agate from his home town in Scotland. It was inherited by his daughter, who passed it on to a relative who worked in the millinery department of the first Myer store in Bendigo, prior to the First World War, and then to the present owner.
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Jewellery: Brooches