Summary
Locket Brooch with Purple Paste Stone, attributed to Lamborn & Wagner, Melbourne, circa 1870.
This brooch is an example of memorial jewellery. It has an oval border of vine leaves and tendrils, with the branches neatly gathered at the base and with a small bird at the very top, all supporting a large flower with an amethyst purple paste stone centre and smaller vine leaves and tendrils.
Physical Description
Gold oval locket brooch with border of vine leaves and tendrils, with the branches neatly gathered at the base and with a small bird at the very top, all supporting a large flower with an amethyst purple paste stone centre and smaller vine leaves and tendrils.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Clothing & Textiles, Home & Community, Engineering, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Acknowledgement
Collection created by Trevor Hancock and Mark Dale.
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Maker
Lamborn & Wagner, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1865 - 1875
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Type of item
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Object Dimensions
40 mm (Width), 20 mm (Depth), 50 mm (Height), 23.384 g (Weight)
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