CAT 140B The Late Jack Grace Collection of Aust.Jewel
Lot 3047 SESSION 17 (9.30AM FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER) CAT 140B The Late Jack Grace Collection of Aust.Jewelle
Estimate $1,500
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MT MAGNET GOLDFIELDS BROOCH, c1908, in gold (15ct; 9.34g; 59x40mm), attributed to Donovan & Overland, features a bar with a winch with a tray of nuggets and below is a miner's bucket and from one end to the other end of the bar is an arched bar and attached are the cut-out letters, "Mt MAGNET", pin-back with safety chain, in damaged box of William Hooper, Watchmaker Jeweller and optician, Perth & Fremantle. Toned extremely fine.
Australian Jewellers, p52, fig1 and p53.^Jack Grace states in his book that this is the only known Mt Magnet brooch and that it was possibly sold by William Hooper at his retail establishments.
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