A gold miner's brooch with natural quartz ore specimen, set in 9ct yellow gold mount, 19th/20th century, stamped 'D. & E. 9ct', 5 cm long, 5 grams total
New Zealand Colonial 18ct gold bearing quartz mourning brooch, oval panel of quartz diagonally banded with inset of fine greenstone within chased foliate and bird frame, reverse photo panel 5 cm long. Similar brooch in the Auckland Museum by niello Jacob…
A vintage smoky quartz brooch, featuring a rectangular faceted smoky quartz totalling approx. 18.50cts; set within a beaten gold concave plaque; 9ct rose gold. Fully hallmarked, E&H, Birmingham. Weight 15g.
15ct gold quartz brooch, Duggin, Shappere and Co, centring a quartz and gold nugget, on a bar inscribed 'Hg' and 'Fg', maker's mark for Duggin Shappere and Co., length 50 mm, accompanied by a fitted period box, 11.3 grams
Handmade silver three piece jewellery set includes stud earrings, a quartz crystal set ring and a wooden and quartz crystal set brooch. All set with red gemstones. Brooch length 14 cm, ring size L, 22 x 30 mm
An early 20th century gold bearing quartz nugget brooch, the natural form nugget displaying good gold content held by secure claws and a bar with scroll detail, testing as 14ct. gold. 6.9gm.
An antique gold stone set brooch, centring a spinning locket compartment later replaced with a 28 x 22 mm green oval aventurine quartz glued brooch in gilt metal to engraved frame pin set into an oval surround applied with fleur de lis and engraved ribbon…
A Victorian Australian 9ct gold brooch by T.P. Lewis, the oval border decorated with gold beads containing a central concave bevelled quartz with an applied floral decoration set with six small oval turquoise, with safety chain, stamped 'T.P. Lewis'.
An early Australian gold nugget brooch, c.1890 retailed by R & W Stewart Jewellers, Launceston, Tasmania, gold and quartz nugget on a 9ct yellow gold pin, with R and W Stewart box, Wt 6.5 grams
An antique smokey quartz brooch by Willis & Sons, the oval smokey quartz weighing an estimated 44.5cts in a claw setting, hallmarked, in 9ct rose gold.
18ct gold lined Victorian mourning brooch set with rhodolite garnets and quartz and pair of 15ct gold acid tested drop style earrings with floral design garnets and quartz with valuation in 2018 for $3250
A 19th century N.Z. colonial gold bearing quartz and 15ct. yellow gold mounted brooch, the D-section loaded gold bearing quartz bar with large engraved cap mounts with castellated borders. Length 4 cm.
A New Zealand colonial gold bearing quartz brooch, the oval gold loaded panel in a 9ct gold coronet framed claw mount, with ball finial ends, length 5 cm.
A New Zealand colonial 9ct. yellow gold and gold bearing quartz nugget bar brooch, the natural unpolished nugget displaying good gold content, held by six claws. 7.18gm.
An early 20th century gold bearing quartz nugget brooch, the natural form nugget displaying good gold content held by secure claws and a bar with scroll detail, testing as 14ct. gold. 6.9gm.
A gold nugget brooch, the knife-edge bar set with gold bearing quartz. 9ct rose gold. Weight 5.26 grams. Length 4.5 cm. In leatherette box signed A. M. Perkin, Goldsmith & Jeweller, Kyneton
A sterling silver rose quartz brooch marked Wager, one oval rose quartz 31 x 17 mm mounted in a leaf & ball frame, hallmarked Wager possibly for Rhoda Wager, Wt 14grams
A beautiful gold brooch and vintage smoky quartz ring, 18ct yellow gold, hallmarked to reverse with Italian marks, retailed through Frederick Fisher Tuscon, made as a stylish open round brooch of undulating ribbon form in satin finish with small floral…
An early Australian yellow gold quartz gold nugget mounted on a 15ct gold bar brooch by Edward Schafer, a double bar with twist and ball finials, inset with a quartz gold nugget in natural form. Stamped 15ct E.S for Edward Schafer, Melbourne., as seen in…
An interesting antique smokey quartz brooch, smokey quartz crystal bar, gold cased shield and bar highlights featuring three faceted smokey quartz ball drops with a central red stone set to the shield. Abraded facets.
A gold and rose quartz brooch, Gary Bradley, circa 1960's, the natural crystals in abstract tubular surround. 18ct yellow gold. Weight 38.45 grams. Length 5 cm.
A gold nugget brooch, circa 1900, the double bar brooch set with a gold and quartz nugget. 15ct yellow gold. Weight 14.39 grams. Length 6.3 cm. Applied three part bar mark with obscured maker's mark
Fine antique early 19th century oval portrait cameo, finely carved shell cameo of a Bacchus bust mounted on a slice of quartz on a deep green sea ground, framed in a ivory banded hardwood easel back frame, approx 11.5 cm high
A gold brooch, of floral design, set with a central gold quartz specimen. The reverse inscribed E M S, 19th February 1877. yellow gold. Length 50 mm. Provenance: Purchased from the estate of Bertha Florence Halstead, Buninyong. Similar examples:…
A New Zealand colonial gold bearing quartz and 15ct. gold brooch, the two faceted elongated ovoid forms with plain strap mounts, the centre with sculpted and engraved grape leaf design. Stamped '15' twice to the reverse
A gold quartz brooch by T.T. Jones and Son, Sydney, circa 1870, length 5 cm. A gold and helmet shell cameo brooch, makers mark indistinct. (Refer p.132 Australian Jewellers, Cavill, Cocks & Grace)
An Australian 9ct yellow gold smokey quartz brooch one oval smokey quartz measuring 17 mm x 13 mm, made by J.M Wendt, Adelaide. As seen in Australian Jewellers by Cavill, Cocks and Grace, plate number 308