Gold Locket Brooch with Kangaroo and Emu Motif
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- brooches, depicting - Australian animals (kangaroo, emu, koala etc.) 96
- brooches, design or type - portrait and locket 507
- brooches, other - with locket 753
- brooches, set with - goldfields nuggets 136
- miners / mining / goldfields - jewellery, brooches, Australian 272
- Schafer, Edward (Melbourne, Australia) - jewellery 10
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