Lot 2515

Sale 143 · Upcoming Sale 143 Important Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Opal brooch, c1880, in gold (tested as 15ct; 8.29g; 55x14mm), by (J.T.) Sleep, features a rectangular gold bar with engraved decoration and in the centre at an angle is a claw set crystal opal, pin-back, with unofficial box. Very fine.

Australian Jewellers, p111 and Australian Jewellers Makers & Marks, p225. Ex The Jack Grace Collection.