An Australian gold mounted pink tourmaline brooch, attributed…
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An Australian gold mounted pink tourmaline brooch, attributed to William Lamborn & Leopold Wagner, Melbourne, circa 1880, designed with three oval pink tourmalines set within gold vine leaves and suspended from larger vine leaves and tendrils and a figured branch, fitted green leatherette box, unmarked, 5 cm wide, For a brooch of similar design see Australian Jewellery 19th and 20th century by Anne Schofield and Kevin Fahy, p. 211, and Australian National Gallery, Canberra

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