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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian History Featuring the David & Leslie Frost Collection of Australian and Colonial Antiques
• Sale Date:
  09 Oct 2016 ~ 12noon - Part 1: Lots 1 - 374
  17 Oct 2016 ~ 10am - Part 2: Lots 374 - 924
• Lot #:
  914
• Lot Description:
  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
• Notes:
  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.
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Jewellery

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