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Gold Nugget brooch, in gold clip holder (15ct; tot wt 15.89g; 33.5x21.5mm), by T.F.Machin, features a genuine gold nugget in a clip holder, pin-back, with unofficial case. Extremely fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,600
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (tested as 15ct; 11.68g; 55x22mm), no maker, features crossed bars and in the centre is a genuine gold nugget, pin-back with safety chain, with jeweller's velvet case. Good very fine.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,500
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (15ct; 11.45g; 49.5x12mm), no maker, features a bar with a large nugget in the centre and two small nuggets, one at each side, pin-back with safety chain, in fitted case. Toned good very fine.
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $1,400
Coolgardie (Goldfields) brooch, c1899, in gold (15ct; 8.28g; 60x40mm), made by Larard Bros, features a crossed pick axe and shovel with a gold nugget in the centre and a small bucket suspended below it and above is the voided and arched name, COOLGARDIE, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $850
Passed in
Quartz Gold Nugget brooch, in gold frame (tested as 15ct; tot wt 7.29g; 28x27.5mm), no maker, features a piece of quartz with traces of gold, claw set in a plain heart shaped frame, pin-back, with unofficial box. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,500
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (tested as 15ct; 6.84g; 47x13.5mm), no maker, features decorated two bars and in the centre is a genuine gold nugget, with unofficial box. Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (15ct; 6.73g; 54x16mm), by Wendts, features a thin bar with a gold nugget in the centre and the nugget with some traces of quartz, pin-back with safety chain, with unofficial box. Extremely fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,300
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (15ct; tot wt 6.0g; 41x11.5mm), by Perryman (& Co), features a wide bar with a gold nugget in the centre, pin-back, with unofficial box. Good very fine.
Estimate $650
Passed in
Gold Quartz brooch, in gold (15ct; tot wt 5.94g; 55x18mm), maker unknown, features a decorated double bar and claw set in the centre is a polished oval piece of quartz with traces of gold, pin-back, with unofficial box. Very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $600
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (15ct; tot wt 5.89g; 47x8mm), attributed to Donovan & Overland, features a thin double bar and in the centre is a gold nugget, pin-back, with unofficial box. Very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $1,000
Pick Shovel Spade and Sieve brooch, in gold (tested as 15ct; 3.55g; 43x23.5mm), no maker, features a pick on a sieve containing a gold nugget over a crossed spade and shovel separated by a small gold nugget and both with a small gold nugget on the blade, pin-back, with unofficial box. Extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,000
Pick and Shovel brooch, in gold (tested as 15ct; 2.92g; no maker, features a thin bar with a pick and shovel and a few nuggets in the centre, pin-back, with unofficial box. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,000
Quartz Nugget brooch, in gold (9ct; 12.65g; 80x16mm), no maker, features thin triple bars expanding toward centre where there is a piece of quartz embedded with a gold nugget, pin-back with safety chain, with unofficial box. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $750
Passed in
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (9ct; 8.74g; 54x9mm), by C.H.S (C.H.Schild), features a thin bar with a gold nugget in the centre, pin-back with safety chain, with unofficial box. Good very fine.
Estimate $950
SOLD $1,000
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (9ct; 7.39g; 52x22mm), maker's mark "H(star)S" (details unknown), features thin one and a half bars and in the centre is a genuine gold nugget, pin-back, with unofficial box. Good very fine.
Estimate $700
Passed in
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (9ct; 4.16g; 42x8mm), by Apex, features decoratively shaped single bar and in the centre is a genuine gold nugget, pin-back, with unofficial box. Very fine.
Estimate $450
Passed in
Pick and Shovel brooch, in gold (9ct; 3.80g; 46x23mm), no maker, features a crossed pick and shovel with a small nugget on the shovel and on the pick, and all wrapped with a miner's rope and with a bucket hanging below, pin-back, with unofficial box. Dark toned, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,000
Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (9ct; tot wt 3.45g; 39x14mm), maker unknown, features an engraved decorated bar inscribed, "19/18" and in the centre inside a horseshoe inscribed, "LAURA" is a small gold nugget, pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $240
Passed in
Shovel Bucket and Gold Nugget brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.40g; 41x20mm), no maker, features a shovel with two buckets on shaft and suspended below the shaft is a gold nugget with what appears to be a small rough cut diamond in the centre, pin-back, with unofficial box. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
South Africa, Pick and Shovel brooch, in gold (tested as 9ct; 4.07g; 46x20mm), no maker, features a crossed pick and shovel with a small sieve and small gold nuggets as well as an enamelled Zulu shield and spear, pin-back, in unofficial case. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
Half Sovereign brooch, 1896M half sovereign with the head side fitted to a 9ct bar with a small gold nugget at each side and attached to the bar (tot wt 9.32g; 59x19mm), no maker mark, pin-back. Fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,100
Gold Sovereign brooch, c1907, in voided gold frame (9ct; tot wt 10.89g; 44x22mm), frame stamped Stevenson (Bros), features an Edward VII gold sovereign,1907S, with reverse displayed on a thin gold backing bar with decorative side pieces, pin-back, in a fitted W.Whitely, Albury case. Good very fine.
Estimate $1,300
SOLD $1,300
Brooch, pre 1845, in voided gold (18ct; 10.69g; 20x47mm), by J.(acob) Josephson, features a voided design enabling brooch to be worn wide or long, with unofficial case. Good very fine.
Estimate $1,300
SOLD $1,300
Oblong shaped brooch, c1855, in gold (18ct; 7.81g; 46x10mm), attributed to maker, William Lloyd, features an engraved fern leaf in the centre and the raised depiction of a gold nugget at each end, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $950
SOLD $950
Brooch, c1880, in gold (18ct; 8.78; 33mm), by Stevenson (Bros) this name plate superimposed over a name plate by H.Steiner, features a circular gold brooch and in the centre is an engraved star and this with a small natural pearl in the centre, pin-back with loop provision for safety chain, in Stevenson Bros case. Hairlines otherwise very fine.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,200
Oblong shaped brooch, c1885, in gold (15ct; 9.62g; 60x15mm), by Stevenson (Bros), pin-back, inscribed on obverse, 'EAW' and with decorative engraving at each end. Hairlines, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $950
SOLD $950
Brooch, c1915, in gold (18ct; 4.62g; 42x9.5mm), by (August L.) Brunkhorst, features a single plain bar inscribed with the initials, "F.M.C" (looks like), pin-back, with A.L.Brockhurst case. Hairlines, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $650
Passed in
Brooch, in gold (18ct; 4.82g; 55x6mm), by (J.M) Wendt, features a bar with an arch in the centre and this with an engraved star claw set with a natural sapphire, pin-back. A few small dents in bar, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $550
SOLD $600
Brooch, c1890, in voided gold (stamped 16ct; 8.26g; 29mm), by (Frederick) Basse, features a circle with a heart in the centre and this decorated with three clear gemstones (not diamonds), on the reverse of the heart is a coil of hair under perspex, pin-back with safety chain, in case by F.Basse. Toned very fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,000
Brooch, c1915, in gold (stamped 16ct; 16.64g; 34x50mm), by (F.) Basse, rhombus shape with top and bottom tips levelled with a shaped overlay impregnated with several diamonds, the reverse with a perspex cover possibly for inserting a photo or a lock of hair, pin-back, with F.Basse & Co case. Good very fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,600