Summary
9 carat gold and yellow paste boomerang sweetheart brooch made by G. & E. Rodd, Melbourne, circa 1940.
Brothers George and Ernest Rodd, trading as G. & E. Rodd, established their jewellery business in Melbourne around 1919. By the late 1930s they were the largest manufacturing jewellers in Australia. From the early 1930s they also manufactured silver and EPNS tableware.
Physical Description
Gold boomerang brooch with the word "Mother" above a single yellow paste stone set below.
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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
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Inscriptions
"Mother" "9CT APEX"
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Object Dimensions
37 mm (Width), 7 mm (Depth), 12 mm (Height)
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