Ending 2nd Mar, 2025 16:00
Olympia Timed: Jewellery & Watches
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VICTORIAN GOLD PROSPECTOR'S BROOCH, 1880s
designed as a shovel stamped South Africa, with pick axe and bucket, accented with gold nuggets, stamped 9ct to reverse, 5 grams.
Novelty gold mining jewellery became popular during the South African Gold Rush of the 1880s, often depicting an assortment of mining tools such as shovel, pick axes and pans, they were mostly embelished with actual gold nuggets as a token of luck and sentiment.
Sold for £120
designed as a shovel stamped South Africa, with pick axe and bucket, accented with gold nuggets, stamped 9ct to reverse, 5 grams.
Novelty gold mining jewellery became popular during the South African Gold Rush of the 1880s, often depicting an assortment of mining tools such as shovel, pick axes and pans, they were mostly embelished with actual gold nuggets as a token of luck and sentiment.
Auction: Olympia Timed: Jewellery & Watches, ending 2nd Mar, 2025
Auction location: London, UK
The auction ‘Olympia Timed: Jewellery & Watches’ is one of our biannual online sales offering a range of ladies’ and gentlemen’s watches and antique and modern gemstone and gold jewellery.
