An Australian opal and diamond brooch by Henry Newman & Son, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne circa 1880
An Australian opal and diamond brooch
by Henry Newman & Son, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne circa 1880
set with an oval solid white opal surrounded by ten rose-cut diamonds on a knife edge bar and diamond, set flowerhead terminals, marked 'H. NEWMAN' yellow gold
Sold for AU$ 1,342 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Exhibited:
    Schlager's 1988 Bicentenary Exhibition, Little Collins Street, Melbourne

    Reference:
    Illustrated K. Cavill, G. Cocks and J. Grace Australian Jewellers, Gold & Silversmiths-Makers & Marks,1992, Plate 199.

Category: Furniture / Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana


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