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Dainty French Jet and Gold Glass Necklace Item number: 9668 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$66.00 Very pretty little black French jet glass necklace with gold coloured caps as spacers. The glass beads are faceted ovals, and they glitter with movement. The beads are very tiny – 4.5 mm by 4 mm (3/16 inch by just over 1/8 inch). Necklace is 445 mm long (17.1/2 inches). Very good condition. |
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Victorian Dark Brown Agate, Pearl and Gold Brooch Item number: C11863 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$215.00 Discreet Victorian brooch – an oval of bevelled dark brown agate set with little gold leaves, each having a central seed pearl. Could be a mourning piece. Brooch measures 16 mm by 40 mm. Excellent condition. Late 19th century. |
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Tortoiseshell and Silver Regimental Sweetheart Brooch Item number: 8819 Date: 1916 Price: NZ$105.00 WWI regimental sweetheart brooch, made in tortoiseshell with sterling silver crest and surround, hallmarked for London 1916. Measures 27.5 mm diameter. Maker’s mark is rubbed, but appears to be C Bros. “Patent” stamped on silver also. The crest could be the regimental guidon of 1st Dragoon Guards containing the cipher of George III – it has the crown surmounting the garter, and the British motto “Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense” on the garter, and the king’s cipher in the centre. This was used on the first early guidons of the regiment, and I can’t find any other regiment this would apply to - although various new regiments were formed for the war, and disbanded afterwards. (We have another of these tortoiseshell and silver regimental brooches in stock, but it has the crest of the 16th County of London Regiment). Very good condition. Sweetheart brooches were given to the wives or sweethearts of a soldier – especially when he was going off to war – in this case WWI. |
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Tortoiseshell and Silver WWI Sweetheart Brooch Item number: C8274 Date: 1917 Price: NZ$115.00 Circular tortoiseshell panel mounted in sterling silver, with the sterling silver cross/crest of the 16th County of London Regiment. Hallmarked London 1917, maker’s mark C & A. A soldier gave a brooch with his regimental crest to his sweetheart when he went off to war, this one being for WWI. Brooch measures 26.5 mm diameter. Very good condition. |
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Royal Commemorative 1938 Brooch, Three Kings in One Year Item number: C10295 Date: 1938 Price: NZ$85.00 Brooch made in what could be copper or plated — shows three coin–like discs, each one with a different king. Each “coin” is ringed in coloured enamel — one in red, one in white and one in blue. Left hand king is George V. Middle king is King George VI with Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother). Right hand king is Edward VIII (the abdicating king). Rear of brooch reads “Souvenir of the Coronation of King George VI and the Historic Year of 1938 during which England had three Kings”. Brooch measures 4.7 cm wide and 2 cm high. Very good condition. |
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Victorian Carved Jet and Pearl Brooch Item number: C8899 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$125.00 A mourning brooch, late Victorian or very early Edwardian. Made in carved jet set with a tiny gold-mounted seed pearl in the centre. Brooch measures 4.9 cm wide and 1.2 cm high. Very good condition. |
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Victorian Gold and Black Enamel Mourning Brooch Item number: C7997 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$285.00 A large mourning brooch with hair panel and locket back. Oval, with black enamel and gold. Front has a locket in the panel, and the rear has a glass photo locket, with a faded photo in it. Brooch measures 5.4 cm by 4.5 cm. Condition: The face of the brooch is in very good condition. The edges at the rear show some signs of old solder, the back has a few dents — but considering its age, the condition is overall very good. |
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Victorian Jet Expanding Bracelet Item number: C7389 Date: late 19th/early 20th century Price: NZ$165.00 A small dainty Victorian period jet bracelet. It is expanding, being strung on two sets of hat elastic. Measures approx 5.5 cm internal diameter when not expanded. It is 3 cm high. Excellent condition. |
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Early 20th Century Mourning Hatpin, Black Item number: 3349 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$12.00 Black mourning hatpin — black bead finial and steel shaft. Pin measures 9 cm long. Bead is 7 mm diameter. Some small corrosion spots to the shaft bottom, but overall in excellent condition. |
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Pressed Horn Mourning Brooch, Victorian Item number: 3384 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$60.00 A mourning brooch from the late 19th century Victorian period. It is made from pressed horn, and has an intricate design of cut work border and domed centre. Measures 3.2 cm diameter. Excellent condition. The rear catch is a replacement. |
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Victorian Mourning Brooch, Black with Pearl Item number: C9615 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$135.00 Although this is a mourning brooch, it could be worn every day — it is a plain black enamel oval set centrally with an incised star design housing a single small natural pearl. The backing is gold — no hallmarks — and it has the characteristic Victorian long pin. Brooch measures 3 cm by 2.5 cm. Very good condition. Close up, under strong light, there are a few age scratches on the enamel, but these are not readily visible to the naked eye. A very pretty and useful brooch, over 100 years old. |
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Victorian Jet Circular Brooch Item number: C9614 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$85.00 Probably a mourning brooch, this Victorian late 19th century brooch is made in jet. It is dome shaped, and the back is brass. It has the characteristic long pin of Victorian brooches. Very good condition — a couple of minor marks in the coal. Very wearable today. Measures 3.2 cm diameter. |
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Jet Expanding Bracelet Item number: C8238 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$165.00 English jet bracelet, expanding, on hat elastic. This would have been a mourning bracelet, from the late Victorian or Edwardian period. Bracelet is 3 cm deep, and 18 cm circumference, expanding to larger. Excellent condition. |
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Victorian Jet Bobble Necklace Item number: C10179 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$185.00 Long necklace of jet, with faceted teardrops of jet forming bobbles every 4.75 cm. Necklace is a continuous strand, a total of 93 cm long. Excellent condition. Circa late 1800s. |