Ian Cummins Collection - Antique Arms, Vintage Watche
Lot 4179 Session 15 (7.30pm Thursday 24 November) Ian Cummins Collection - Antique Arms, Vintage Watches
Estimate $15,000
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EARLY AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINER'S BROOCH, c1890s, 'Kalgoorlie', handcrafted in gold (15ct, 18.5g, 65x40mm), gold pin-back. Extremely fine and rare, a splendid example of late Victorian goldfields' jewellery.
In a case by W.Dunkling, 313-317 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
The gold jewellery created by local jewellers for miners and their families was usually ostentatious, often incorporating non-traditional emblems like the mining tools they used including buckets, picks, spades, shovels, sluices and pans.
In 2014 an 1890s-era Kalgoorlie goldfields' miner's brooch similar to this piece sold for $16,470 (including buyer's premium) at Bonhams, Sydney. This was three times its lower estimate.
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