Lot 3390

Sale 140 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

Description

Photo brooch, c1860, in voided gold (tested as 15ct; tot wt 43.96; 57x64mm), by L&W (Lamborn & Wagner), features a colour photograph of a man under glass (this broken), in a frame encircled with leaves with a bird at the top and an emu and opposite is a kangaroo at the centre and a bunch of grapes at the base, on the reverse framed under glass is a coloured photograph of a young girl, pin-back, with a damaged fitted case. Apart from the broken glass, good very fine.

Australian Jewellers, p85, fig2 and Australian Jewellers Makers & Marks, p145, plate 165.

Estimate
$1,500
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$4,200