Australian Colonial Goldfields brooches have a rich history dating back to the mid-19th century gold rush era in Australia during. The brooches were a popular form of jewellery worn by women during this period, particularly those who were married to miners or who had family members working in the goldfields.

The brooches were made from gold mined from the Australian colonial goldfields, which were located primarily in Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland. These goldfields were discovered in the mid-1800s, and the subsequent gold rush led to a significant increase in the Australian population, as people flocked to the region in search of wealth and opportunity.

The brooches themselves were often quite ornate, featuring intricate designs that were meant to showcase the beauty of the Australian landscape and the wealth of the goldfields. Many brooches featured images of mining tools, such as picks and shovels, as more...

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Miners brooch, by Louis Boxhorn. Perth, Kalgoorlie and Northam.…

Miners Brooch by Louis Boxhorn: Westralia Gold Nugget Design

Miners brooch, by Louis Boxhorn. Perth, Kalgoorlie and Northam. 1897 to 1922. Stamped 15ct and Lb and depicting crossed spade, hammer and pick with central nugget and topped with" Westralia" in block letters. Weight: 4.8 grams.

Three gold items of jewellery, consisting of 1x natural nugget…

Three Gold Jewelry Items: Nugget, Brooch, Medallion - 10g Total

Three gold items of jewellery, consisting of 1x natural nugget approx 6.4 grams with an 18ct yellow gold rope chain 40 cm long. Weight: 6.6 grams. A southern cross styled brooch with 5 reddish paste stones, two chipped. One 9ct yellow gold medallion.…

An antique yellow gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and…

Antique Gold Miner's Brooch with Pick, Shovel, and Nuggets

An antique yellow gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel, gold nugget specimens entwined in rope, 19th century, (note missing pin), 5 cm wide, 3.3 grams

A South African yellow gold miner's brooch, stamped 'United…

Vintage South African Gold Miner's Brooch, United South Africa Stamp

A South African yellow gold miner's brooch, stamped 'United South Africa' with registration number, 5 cm wide, 6.2 grams

A gold miner's brooch with natural quartz ore specimen, set in…

Gold Miner's Brooch with Natural Quartz Ore Specimen in 9ct Gold

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

An antique 9ct yellow gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and…

Antique 9ct Gold Miner's Brooch with Nugget Specimens, 19th Century

An antique 9ct yellow gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel with gold nugget specimens entwined in rope, 19th century, stamped '9C', 4.7 cm wide, 3.4 grams

An antique Australian 9ct yellow gold miner's brooch with…

Antique Australian Miner's Brooch with Gold Nuggets and Diamond

An antique Australian 9ct yellow gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel with gold nugget specimens entwined in rope, set with an old fashion cut diamond, 19th century, 5.6 cm wide, 3.6 grams

An antique Australian 9ct gold miner's brooch with crossed pick…

Antique Australian Gold Miner's Brooch with Pick and Shovel

An antique Australian 9ct gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel, ladder, rope, bucket and nugget specimen, 19th century, stamped '9ct', 4.5 cm wide, 4.2 grams

'Coolgardie' 15ct gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and…

Late 19th Century Coolgardie Gold Miner's Brooch with Nugget

'Coolgardie' 15ct gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel with impressive gold nugget specimen, made by Larard Bros. Of Melbourne, late 19th century, comprehensively stamped with maker's shield on reverse, 6 cm wide, 8 grams

A late 19th century gold coin and mining themed brooch, the…

Late 19th Century Gold Coin and Mining Themed Brooch

A late 19th century gold coin and mining themed brooch, the gilded 9ct rose gold pick and shovel with small gold nuggets framing the 1897 South African 1/2 Pond gold coin (91.67% fine, 3.99gm). With safety chain and bar. 7.7gm. Note: during the colonial…

An antique Australian gold miner's brooch with impressive gold…

Antique Australian Gold Miner's Brooch with Impressive Gold Nugget

An antique Australian gold miner's brooch with impressive gold nugget specimen mounted on gilded sterling silver bar, 19th century, stamped 'O. Lynch, Gawler, Stg. Silver', 4.8 cm wide, 16.5 grams

Peter Dick antique New Zealand 18ct gold bar brooch, set with…

Peter Dick Antique 18ct Gold Nugget Bar Brooch, 19th Century

Peter Dick antique New Zealand 18ct gold bar brooch, set with three handsome gold nugget specimens, 19th century, stamped 'P. Dick, 18c', 5 cm wide, 9.2 grams

Stevenson antique Australian 15ct gold cross brooch with large…

Antique Australian 15ct Gold Cross Brooch with Large Nugget

Stevenson antique Australian 15ct gold cross brooch with large gold nugget specimen, 19th century, stamped 'Stevenson, 15ct', 4.7 cm high, 14.9 grams

An antique Australian double bar brooch with gold nugget…

Antique Australian Gold Nugget Double Bar Brooch with Stones

An antique Australian double bar brooch with gold nugget specimen flanked by cut stones, 19th century, 4.4 cm wide, 6.8 grams

Charles Henry May (attributed) of Perth Western Australia, 18ct…

18ct Gold Double Bar Brooch with Gold Nugget and Swans

Charles Henry May (attributed) of Perth Western Australia, 18ct yellow gold double bar brooch adorned with gold nugget specimen flanked by swans, 19th/20th century, stamped '18ct', 5 cm wide, 5.8 grams

Levinson of Perth, Western Australia, 15ct gold miner's double…

Levinson Perth 15ct Gold Miner's Double Bar Brooch 19th Century

Levinson of Perth, Western Australia, 15ct gold miner's double bar brooch, set with natural gold nugget mineral specimen, late 19th century, stamped 'Levinson, Perth 15ct', 5 cm wide, 7.2 grams

Bernard V. Lindell of Kalgoorlie Western Australia, rare 18ct…

Gold Miner's Brooch with Pick, Shovel, Bird, and Nuggets

Bernard V. Lindell of Kalgoorlie Western Australia, rare 18ct gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel adorned with flying bird carrying a letter, plus gold nugget specimens, late 19th century, stamped 'Lindell, 18ct', 5 cm wide, 6 grams

George Richard Addis of Kalgoorlie Western Australia, 15ct…

George Richard Addis 15ct Gold Nugget Bar Brooch, 19th/20th Century

George Richard Addis of Kalgoorlie Western Australia, 15ct yellow gold bar brooch, set with an impressive pure gold nugget specimen, 19th/20th century, 5.5 cm wide, 10.1 grams

George Richard Addis of Kalgoorlie Western Australia,…

Antique Double Bar Brooch with Gold Nugget Specimen, 19th Century

George Richard Addis of Kalgoorlie Western Australia, impressive antique double bar brooch with large gold nugget specimen, late 19th century, stamped 'G.R. Addis, 18ct', 7 cm wide, 13.6 grams

Donovan & Overland (attributed), 'W.G.U.E.A.' rare Western…

'Rare W.A. Goldfields Brooch, 18ct, Donovan & Overland'

Donovan & Overland (attributed), 'W.G.U.E.A.' rare Western Australian goldfields brooch, 19th/20th, stamped '18ct', (reference pp.42, 155 & 176 Australian jewellery, 19th & 20th century, Anne Schofield, Kevin Fahy), 4.5 cm wide, 4.9 grams

Donovan & Overland (attributed), 'Leonora' rare Western…

'Leonora' Western Australian goldfields brooch, 19th/20th century, 18ct stamp

Donovan & Overland (attributed), 'Leonora' rare Western Australian goldfields brooch, 19th/20th, stamped '18ct', (reference pp.42, 155 & 176 Australian jewellery, 19th & 20th century, Anne Schofield, Kevin Fahy), 5.7 cm wide, 5 grams

An antique Australian gold nugget specimen brooch, 19th century,…

Antique Australian Gold Nugget Brooch, 19th Century, 4 grams

An antique Australian gold nugget specimen brooch, 19th century, 3.8 cm wide, 4 grams

An Australian 9ct yellow gold goldfields brooch with pick,…

Goldfields Brooch: Australian 9ct Yellow Gold with Pick & Shovel

An Australian 9ct yellow gold goldfields brooch with pick, shovel, bucket & gold nugget, Wt 5 grams

15ct gold miners brooch, in the form of a spade, pick, shifter…

15ct Gold Miners Brooch: Spade, Pick, Shifter, Bucket Design

15ct gold miners brooch, in the form of a spade, pick, shifter and bucket, total weight 6gm, height 5 cm

South African 9ct yellow gold miners brooch weight 4 grams

4g 9ct Yellow Gold Miners Brooch from South Africa

South African 9ct yellow gold miners brooch weight 4 grams

A c1900 mining interest 9ct gold brooch, formed as a crossed…

Vintage 9ct Gold Mining Brooch with Shovel and Pick

A c1900 mining interest 9ct gold brooch, formed as a crossed shovel and pick with bound rope and nuggets. 3gm.

Coolgardie Western Australian goldfields antique 15ct gold…

Antique Coolgardie Goldfields 15ct Gold Brooch with Pictorial Marks

Coolgardie Western Australian goldfields antique 15ct gold brooch, pictorial maker's marks, stamped '15', 6 cm wide, 8.1 grams

Opal and gold floral spray brooch, opals supplied by Dagbjorn…

Opal and Gold Floral Brooch with Original Gems

Opal and gold floral spray brooch, opals supplied by Dagbjorn Johnson miner from Andamooka with original opal gems, double bay box

19th century goldfields brooch 1x gold miners brooch with…

Goldfields Nugget Brooch

19th century goldfields brooch 1x gold miners brooch with nugget on shovel handle on the blade of the shovel 15ct yellow gold with a total weight of 4.0 grams. No makers marks seen.

1x miners brooch with nugget, crossed pick and shovel both with…

9ct Gold Miners Brooch with Nugget and Tools

1x miners brooch with nugget, crossed pick and shovel both with small nuggets and articulated bucket 9ct yellow gold stamped 9ct no makes marks seen and a total weight 3.2 g

Miners Windless brooch late 1900s 1x miners brooch with nugget,…

Miners 18ct Gold Nugget Brooch with Articulated Bucket

Miners Windless brooch late 1900s 1x miners brooch with nugget, cross pick and shovel with small nuggets and articulated bucket 18ct yellow no makers marks seem total weight 2.7 grams.

Goldfields mining brooch 1@ 9ct yellow gold with nugget and…

Goldfields Mining Brooch with Nuggets and Tools

Goldfields mining brooch 1@ 9ct yellow gold with nugget and crossed pick and shovel with nugget on the blade of the shovel. No makers marks seen. Total weight 6,6 grams

Late 19th century miners brooch 1@ 9ct yellow gold miners…

19th Century Gold Miner's Brooch

Late 19th century miners brooch 1@ 9ct yellow gold miners brooch depicting nugget, pick and shovel with nugget on the blade of the shovel total weight 5.7 grams. No makers mark evident.

Vintage gold nugget specimen picture pendant / brooch, the…

Gold Nugget Specimen Pendant/Brooch with 12kt GF Marking

Vintage gold nugget specimen picture pendant / brooch, the pendant is marked 12kt Gf. (gold filled)

New Zealand Colonial 9ct double bar brooch, mounted with gold…

Gold Nugget Fern Brooch

New Zealand Colonial 9ct double bar brooch, mounted with gold nugget and two fern fronds

Duggan & Shappere Colonial 15ct yellow gold bar brooch set with…

Colonial gold nugget bar brooch, 19th century

Duggan & Shappere Colonial 15ct yellow gold bar brooch set with three gold nugget specimens, 19th century, 5 cm wide, 6.9 grams

A c1900 'South Africa' mining interest brooch, as a spade with…

South African Mining Brooch with Spade and Nuggets

A c1900 'South Africa' mining interest brooch, as a spade with sieve, nuggets and engraved ribbon. 2.60gms.

9ct gold goldfields miner's brooch, attributed to 'Star Bros.'…

Goldfields Miner's Brooch with Nugget and Bucket Suspension

9ct gold goldfields miner's brooch, attributed to 'Star Bros.' Australia, circa 1890, modelled as a crossed pick and shovel, centrally set with a nugget and suspending a bucket, stamped S.Bros, length approximately 45 mm, retailed by Anne Schofield, 3.6…

Larard Bros, 15ct gold 'West Australia' miners brooch, circa…

Larard Bros 15ct Gold Miners Brooch, 1894 West Australia

Larard Bros, 15ct gold 'West Australia' miners brooch, circa 1894 signed Larard Bros, dated 29/3/94, 15ct gold, weight 5.9gm, measuring 4.5 x 3.0 cm.

F. W. Collins (Napier) 9ct gold nugget brooch, the heavy…

9ct Gold Nugget Brooch with Natural Heavy Nugget

F. W. Collins (Napier) 9ct gold nugget brooch, the heavy natural gold nugget on double bars. Stamped maker's mark to reverse. 8.8gm.

A Colonial 15ct yellow gold double bar brooch with gold nugget…

Colonial Gold Nugget Double Bar Brooch, 19th Century

A Colonial 15ct yellow gold double bar brooch with gold nugget specimens, 19th century stamped '15ct' 4 cm wide, 4.9 grams

An Antique Australian goldfields brooch set with a large…

Goldfields Brooch with Natural Gold Ore Specimen

An Antique Australian goldfields brooch set with a large natural gold ore specimen in 22ct gold mount, circa 1860 4.5 cm wide, 16.5 grams total

A gold miner's brooch of shovel form with twisted rope and gold…

Gold miner's shovel brooch with nuggets and rope, 19th century

A gold miner's brooch of shovel form with twisted rope and gold nugget specimens, 19th century 5.5 cm wide, 4.4 grams

An antique gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel,…

Antique Gold Miner's Brooch with Nuggets and Tools

An antique gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel, gold nugget specimens in gold pan, adorned with scrolling leaves on rope twists, 19th century, a fine example 6 cm wide, 6.4 grams

Antique gold flower brooch and group gold brooch set with a…

Mixed Brooch Set with Antique Gold and Fraternity Emblem

Antique gold flower brooch and group gold brooch set with a pearl, weight 1.15 grams and a pick porcelain set metal piece and a Phi Beta Epsilon fraternity brooch

Late 19th century mining brooch showing a crossed pick and…

Australian 18ct Mining Brooch with Pick and Shovel

Late 19th century mining brooch showing a crossed pick and shovel with nuggets. Possible Australian origin. No makers marks. Stamped 18ct. Weight: 9.9 grams.

Barclay Bros. of Melbourne gold miner's brooch with crossed…

Barclay Bros. Gold Miner's Brooch

Barclay Bros. of Melbourne gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel, and entwined rope, 19th century, stamped 'B. Bros. 9ct', 4.8 cm wide, 2.8 grams

An antique Colonial yellow gold bar brooch with engraved…

Colonial Gold Bar Brooch with Welcome Stranger Provenance

An antique Colonial yellow gold bar brooch with engraved initials 'J.I.O.' for Jean Isobel Oates, late 19th century, 3.2 cm wide, 2.2 grams. Oates' father, Richard Oates rocketed to fame on the Australian goldfields with the astonishing discovery of the…

Australian 15ct gold bar brooch and matching 9ct gold earrings…

Gold Nugget Set with Brooch and Earrings

Australian 15ct gold bar brooch and matching 9ct gold earrings set with handsome gold nugget specimens, 19th century, 4.5 cm wide, 11.75 grams total

A Colonial brooch with flying bird, vine leaves and green stone,…

Victorian Goldfields Brooch with Flying Bird and Green Stone

A Colonial brooch with flying bird, vine leaves and green stone, tests high carat gold, most likely Victorian goldfields origin, circa 1865, 4 cm high, 9.1 grams

A gold miner's brooch in the form of a shovel with quartz ore…

Gold Miner's Shovel Brooch with Quartz Ore Specimen

A gold miner's brooch in the form of a shovel with quartz ore specimen, 19th century, 4.2 cm wide, 3.2 grams

Gold miner's bar brooch with horseshoes and gold nugget…

Gold Miner's Horseshoe Bar Brooch with Nugget Specimen

Gold miner's bar brooch with horseshoes and gold nugget specimen, 19th century, 6.5 cm wide, 11 grams

A rare 'Malcolm' Western Australian goldfields brooch, late…

Rare Malcolm Western Australian Goldfields Brooch

A rare 'Malcolm' Western Australian goldfields brooch, late 19th century, housed in a period plush box with a Ballarat newspaper clipping, 5.5 cm wide, 5.6 grams. Illustrated in 'Gold & Silversmithing in Western Australia' by Dorothy Erickson [U.W.A.…

Probable Frank Grady 18ct and three gold nugget bar brooch…

Gold Nugget Brooch with Engraving and Markings

Probable Frank Grady 18ct and three gold nugget bar brooch reverse bar engraved 'To Alice 29-7-09' marked with crown 18c

New Zealand silver Edith E Morris Wellington (1894-1965)…

Turquoise Nugget Brooch by Edith E Morris

New Zealand silver Edith E Morris Wellington (1894-1965) turquoise brooch, claw set turquoise nugget on heavy wire worked platform, marked Stg Sil and feathered arrow emblem

Gold brooch 15ct gold nugget in the form of a question mark, 6.…

15ct Gold Nugget Question Mark Brooch, 6.55g

Gold brooch 15ct gold nugget in the form of a question mark, 6.55g

A c.1900 9ct yellow gold mining interest brooch, crossed pick…

Gold Mining Brooch with Nuggets and Tools

A c.1900 9ct yellow gold mining interest brooch, crossed pick and shovel, the central sieve/pan with nuggets, bucket attached, highlighted with two red stones. Stamped 9ct, length 4.8 cm. 4.2gm

Colonial Australian yellow gold brooch with Doves, garlands,…

Australian Gold Brooch with Doves and Gemstones

Colonial Australian yellow gold brooch with Doves, garlands, egg & a gold nugget. Set with red gemstones. total weight 17 grams. Early restoration to the reverse.

12ct gold and hardstone brooch, composed of a crescent shaped…

Gold Hardstone Brooch with Textured Nugget Surround

12ct gold and hardstone brooch, composed of a crescent shaped polished hardstone, within a textured gold nugget surround, measuring 20 mm x 42 mm, reverse stamped 'Native gold Nuggets', 4.5 grams

15ct gold brooch, circa 1889, in the form of a pan and gold…

Gold Nugget Pan Brooch from 1889 with Inscription

15ct gold brooch, circa 1889, in the form of a pan and gold nugget, back inscribed 'Queensland, 16-6-89', accompanied by a fitted box from A. Saunders, Sydney, 22.9 grams

15ct gold quartz brooch, Duggin, Shappere and Co, centring a…

15ct Gold Quartz Brooch by Duggin Shappere & Co

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

Colonial NZ/Australian 9ct gold rush miners brooch crossed…

Gold Rush Miners Brooch with Shovel and Pick

Colonial NZ/Australian 9ct gold rush miners brooch crossed shovel and pick with rope, unmarked

9ct yellow gold mining brooch, pick and shovel mining brooch 8.…

9ct Gold Pick & Shovel Mining Brooch - 8.3gm

9ct yellow gold mining brooch, pick and shovel mining brooch 8.3gm

A silver miner's brooch, late 19th century, designed with a…

Late 19th Century Silver Miner's Brooch

A silver miner's brooch, late 19th century, designed with a fern leaf wreath and ribbon around a hat, a pair of boots and a pick, unmarked, 4.5 cm wide.

A group of five assorted jewellery pieces, a group of five…

Assorted Jewellery Pieces with Marcasite and Opal Pendant

A group of five assorted jewellery pieces, a group of five assorted jewellery pieces, including a marcasite set armed Forces brooch, a trench art three and six pence bracelet, a silver boomerang and koala brooch, an opal triplet pendant on chain and a…

A gold goldfields brooch, Australian, circa 1870, centring an…

Goldfields Garnet Brooch with Fitted Box

A gold goldfields brooch, Australian, circa 1870, centring an oval cut garnet against a gold leaf background, within an openwork foliate border, all in high carat gold, length approximately 60 mm, accompanied by original fitted box.

Antique rose gold and gold quartz nugget brooch marked 9ct,…

Antique 9ct Rose Gold Quartz Nugget Brooch (6.2g)

Antique rose gold and gold quartz nugget brooch marked 9ct, weight 6.2 grams, length 57 mm

Antique gold nugget and 15ct yellow bar brooch marked 15ct,…

Antique 15ct Gold Nugget Bar Brooch

Antique gold nugget and 15ct yellow bar brooch marked 15ct, length 48 mm, weight 4.3 grams. Nuggets tests as high grade.

A South African gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and…

South African Gold Miner's Brooch - 9ct, 4.9g

A South African gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel, rope and bucket, stamped '9ct', 5 cm wide, 4.9 grams

South African miner's 9ct gold brooch with crossed pick and…

South African Miner's Gold Nugget Brooch

South African miner's 9ct gold brooch with crossed pick and shovel and gold nugget attached to shovel handle, 4.5 cm wide, 3.4 grams.

An Australian gold miner's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with…

Australian Gold Miner's Brooch

An Australian gold miner's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with hanging bucket, nugget specimen and entwined rope, 19th century, 5.5 cm wide, 4.2 grams

'Coolgardie' rare Australian gold miner's brooch, 15ct yellow…

Rare 19th Century Coolgardie Gold Miner's Brooch

'Coolgardie' rare Australian gold miner's brooch, 15ct yellow gold with full Larard Bros. Marks, 19th century, 4.5 cm wide, 4.3 grams

'Kalgoorlie' rare and impressive Australian goldfields brooch,…

'Kalgoorlie' Goldfields Brooch, 1881 Stamped

'Kalgoorlie' rare and impressive Australian goldfields brooch, stamped '1881'. 6 cm wide, 5.5 grams. Ref: see 'Gold & Silversmithing in Western Australia' by Dorothy Erickson, page 453.

A rare Australian gold miner's brooch, gold pan with nuggets…

Rare 19th Century Australian Gold Miner's Brooch

A rare Australian gold miner's brooch, gold pan with nuggets flanked by picks and shovels on each shoulder, housed in a period box marked 'Henry F. Hutton Watchmaker & Jeweller, Sturt Street Ballarat', 19th century, rare. 5.5 cm wide, 4.5 grams

An Australian gold miner's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with…

Australian Gold Miner's Brooch with Pick and Shovel

An Australian gold miner's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with hanging bucket, nugget specimen and entwined rope, 19th century, 4.5 cm wide, 3.2 grams

Australian miners brooch, c.1880, featuring a gold nugget and…

Australian Miner's Brooch with Gold Nugget and Doves

Australian miners brooch, c.1880, featuring a gold nugget and two figurative doves, surrounded by a grape vine border with small faceted ruby detailing, stamped 'Bb', 17.01 grams. Provenance: Purchased at Alan Landis Antiques 1980

An early 20th century gold bearing quartz nugget brooch, the…

14ct Gold Quartz Nugget Brooch

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 c.1900 gilded 9ct. yellow gold miner's sweetheart…

Gilded Miner's Sweetheart Brooch with Gold Nuggets

A c.1900 gilded 9ct. yellow gold miner's sweetheart pick-and-shovel brooch, the crossed tools highlighted with gold nuggets and gold wire. 6.92gm. Note: during the colonial gold rush period, there was a fashion for miners to give such brooches to their…

Antique 9ct rose gold miners brooch marked 9ct. Approx length…

9ct Rose Gold Miners Brooch - Antique

Antique 9ct rose gold miners brooch marked 9ct. Approx length 48 mm, weight 4.2 grams

A c.1900 9ct. yellow gold and white metal mining brooch, the…

Vintage Mining Brooch with Crossed Pick and Shovel

A c.1900 9ct. yellow gold and white metal mining brooch, the crossed pick and shovel with gold heads, in vintage box, length 4.4 cm.

An Australian goldfields brooch, of foliate design, with glazed…

Australian Goldfields Brooch in 18ct Gold

An Australian goldfields brooch, of foliate design, with glazed window to reverse, in 18ct gold.

18ct gold miners brooch attributed to George Addis Kalgoorlie…

George Addis' Coolgardie Gold Miners Brooch

18ct gold miners brooch attributed to George Addis Kalgoorlie circa mid1890s. Showing winch, bucket, pick and shovel with a halo spelling out Coolgardie. (half of the letter E missing). Weight:4.9 grams.

A goldfields cameo brooch, the shell cameo depicting Athena in…

Goldfields Athena Cameo Brooch with Emu Surmount

A goldfields cameo brooch, the shell cameo depicting Athena in profile, within a decorative foliate border with an emu surmount, in 15ct gold, circa 1865. Condition: the cameo presents in very good order overall. Featuring Athena in profile, with face of…

Australian goldfields bar brooch, 18ct gold set with large…

Australian Goldfields Bar Brooch with Large Nugget Specimen

Australian goldfields bar brooch, 18ct gold set with large matrix gold nugget specimen, 19th century, stamped '18c' with two pictorial maker's marks, housed in a C. Marks & Co of Ballarat plush box., 5 cm long, 10.6 grams

A goldminer's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with nugget…

South African Goldminer's 9ct Brooch with Nugget Specimen

A goldminer's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with nugget specimen, rope and bucket, stamped 'South Africa, 9ct, 4.5 cm, 3.5 grams

An Australian goldminer's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with…

Australian Goldminer's Brooch with Pick, Shovel, and Nugget

An Australian goldminer's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with gold nugget specimen and entwined rope, 19th century, 5.75 cm wide, 6.6 grams

A goldminer's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with bucket, rope…

South African Goldminer's Brooch with Engraving

A goldminer's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with bucket, rope and gold nugget specimen, stamped 'South African, 9ct' and engraved on reverse 'Edith, 5 cm long, 4.6 grams

Three brooches and a pendant, a sixpence bar brooch dated 1910,…

Antique Brooches and Gold Medallion Collection

Three brooches and a pendant, a sixpence bar brooch dated 1910, two miner's style brooches, and a gold medallion dated 1906. (4)

A 9ct yellow gold mining brooch, in the form of crossed pick…

9ct Gold Mining Brooch with Pick, Shovel and Nugget

A 9ct yellow gold mining brooch, in the form of crossed pick and shovel with bucket, ladder gold nugget and chain. Engraved '9ct', length 4.5 cm

A gold miner's brooch, decorated with pick and shovel and small…

Gold Miner's Brooch with South African Half Pond Coin

A gold miner's brooch, decorated with pick and shovel and small nuggets with a central rope twist design setting containing a South African half pond coin dated 1896, with safety chain.

An early Australian gold nugget brooch, c.1890 retailed by R &…

Australian Gold Nugget Brooch from 1890

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

A gold miners brooch, designed as a shovel, pick and gold…

Gold Miner's Brooch: 18ct Shovel, Pick and Nugget Design

A gold miners brooch, designed as a shovel, pick and gold nugget, in 18ct gold, circa 1890.

A malachite goldfields brooch by J.W.Dunkerton, the large oval…

Malachite Goldfields Brooch by J.W. Dunkerton in 18ct Gold

A malachite goldfields brooch by J.W.Dunkerton, the large oval malachite plaque set within a surround of leaves and tendrils, hallmarked, in 18ct gold.

An alluvial gold nugget bar brooch, with safety chain, 7.0g…

Alluvial Gold Nugget Bar Brooch with Provenance

An alluvial gold nugget bar brooch, with safety chain, 7.0g total weight. Provenance: Given by Fred Kingswood to his daughter Mary upon his return from the Western Australian goldfields

A rare Australian gold rush era double bar brooch set with…

Double Bar Brooch with Ballarat Gold Nuggets

A rare Australian gold rush era double bar brooch set with three Ballarat gold nuggets on 18ct gold bars total weight 18g

South African 9ct gold miners brooch c.1900, length 5.3 cm,…

1900 South African 9ct Gold Miners Brooch

South African 9ct gold miners brooch c.1900, length 5.3 cm, weight 3.6gr