Catalogue
Australia brooch, in voided gold (9ct; 2.11g; 52x20mm), attributed to Willis & Sons, features the Australian coat-of-arms resting on a boomerang, pin-back. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $350
Pearl Music brooch, in gold (9ct; 4.30g; 74x20mm), by Willis & Sons, features a sword with a stick-pin centrepiece mounted upon which is a music harp, the handle, harp and sword tip are all decorated with natural pearls, eighteen in total, pin-back with safety chain. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
Ruby and Pearl brooch, in gold (15ct; 2.47g; 45x14mm), by Aronson & Co, features a decorative wrap around bar set with a small ruby (chipped) and three small natural seed pearls, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $350
Red Gemstone and Pearl brooch, in gold (9ct; 4.82g; 59x20mm), attributed to maker, Aronson & Co, features a highly decorated double bar with a centrepiece of a shield with a red gemstone in the centre, a star above and scrolls at sides, these all decorated with natural seed pearls and near the end of the double bar are two claw set red gemstones, pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
Cameo brooch, in gold (15ct; tot wt 2.65g; 51x11mm), by Wendts, features a thin bar and in the centre is a claw set shell cameo of a lady's head to the left, pin-back with loop provision for safety chain. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
Mother-of-Pearl brooch, in gold (9ct; tot wt 6.0g; 60x23mm), by J.C.Taylor, features a long thin bar and in the centre is a claw set mother-of-pearl and blister pearl flower, pin-back with short safety chain but missing pin. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
Shell Cameo brooch, set in gold frame (9ct; tot wt 4.64g; 40x20mm), by W.A.B (W.A.Burgess), features an oval cameo of a lady's head facing right in the centre of a thin bar, pin-back with loop provision for safety chain. Very fine.
Estimate $350
Opal brooch, in gold (9ct; 3.70g; 48x13mm), maker unknown, features wrap-around leaf design with a claw set oval opal at one end, pin-back. Toned very fine.
Estimate $350
Floral brooch, in gold (9ct; 3.93g; 52x12mm), by H(Star)S, features a thin bar with flower to the right with stem draped to left over the bar, the flower has a clear gemstone in the centre, pin-back with safety chain. Very fine.
Estimate $350
Kookaburra brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.32g; 25x21mm), attributed to maker, Willis & Sons, features a sitting kookaburra facing left in the middle of a map of Australia, pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
Jasper brooch, in gold frame (9ct; tot wt 13.25g; 41x31mm), by (A.B.) Budgen, features a rectangular piece of jasper fitted in a gold frame, pin-back with safety chain. A few small chips, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $350
Australia brooch, in gold (9ct; 3.10g; 50x17mm), attributed to maker, Willis & Sons, features a thin bar with a centerpiece of a map of Australia excluding Tasmania and Territories, impressed on the map are the abbreviations, "W.Aust, S.Aust, Quee, N.S.W. and Vic.", pin-back with safety chain. Very fine.
Estimate $300
Australia brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.69g; 45x28mm), attributed to maker, Aronson & Co, features a map of Australia on the left side of a thin bar and behind this is a spray of five red claw set gemstones, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $300
Australia brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.57g; 42.5x13mm), attributed to H.Simonsen Pty Ltd, features a cut off branch of a tree with a map of mainland Australia in the centre, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $300
Australia brooch, in gold (9ct; 1.72g; 40x20mm), attributed to maker, J.M.Wendt, features a map of Australia resting on the left side of a boomerang and on the right side facing left is a sitting kangaroo, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Australia brooch, in gold (9ct; 1.67g; 26x21mm), attributed to maker, H.Simonsen, features a map of Australia with a kangaroo at the left side and an emu at the right side, all within an oval frame, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $300
Amethyst brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.79g; 17x11mm), by Wendts, features a claw set oval amethyst on a gold frame, pin-back with safety chain. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
Blister Pearl brooch, in gold (9ct; 3.68g; 46x9mm), by J.C.Taylor, features a thin bar with a pearl with the base cut and mounted on a gold bracket in the centre of the bar, pin-back. Fine.
Estimate $300
Pearl brooch, in gold (9ct; 3.17g; 23mm), attributed to Willis & Sons, features a crescent decorated with seed pearls and with a star below the top of the crescent and the star with a seed pearl in the centre, pin-back with safety chain, with unofficial box. Toned very fine.
Estimate $300
Pearl Crescent brooch, in gold (9ct; 3.18g; 25mm), attributed to maker, Aronson & Co, features a seed pearl (15) decorated crescent with a spray of three stars in the centre, each containing a seed pearl, pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
Mother-of-Pearl brooch, in gold frame (9ct; tot wt 10.24g; 42x34.5mm), by Perryman (& Co), features an oval piece of mother-of-pearl in a patterned frame, the shell appears to have patterned edge around initials but difficult to read, pin-back with loop provision for safety chain. Fine.
Estimate $300
Shell Cameo brooch, in gold frame (9ct; tot wt 13.75g; 31x41mm), attributed to maker, Willis & Sons, a pink shell oval cameo of a lady facing right inset in a gold frame, pin-back with safety chain. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
Onyx brooch, in gold (9ct; 3.54g; 42x12mm), by A.O.Kopp, features a bar with an oval onyx in a gold frame in the centre and this with a gold star in middle set with a small pearl, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $300
White Opal brooch, in gold (9ct; 3.60g; 48x10mm), by Newman; features a decorated double bar with an oval white opal in the centre, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $300
Brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.95g; 52x14mm), attributed to Aronson & Co, features a thin bar and in the centre are three red gemstones, two small and one larger size, pin-back with loop provision for safety chain. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.88g; 47x13mm), attributed to maker, Aronson & Co, features a decorative bar with a shield in the centre and this with a small sapphire in the centre, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $300
Brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.75g; 46x20mm), by H&N., features a decorated single bar with claw set seed pearls above and below a claw set blue gemstone and below is suspended a bell, pin-back with loop provision for safety chain, with unofficial box. Very fine.
Estimate $300
Brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.74g; 49x11mm), attributed to maker, Aronson & Co, features a decorated double bar with decorated rectangular centrepiece featuring a small red gemstone, pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
Brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.71g; 42x11mm), by Perryman (& Co), features a plain satin finish bar with patterned edges and with engraved decoration at each end, pin-back, with unofficial box. Hairlines, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $300
Brooch, in gold (9ct; 2.52g; 46x29mm), maker unknown, features a thin bar with five prongs each with a claw set red gemstone at the end, where the prongs emanate from the bar there is a small map of mainland Australia, pin-back. With a bend in the thin bar and toned, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $300