Colonial Gold Foliate Oval Locket with Australian Wildlife

Colonial foliate oval locket. 15ct gold glass front/back locket…
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Colonial foliate oval locket. 15ct gold glass front/back locket featuring applied native foliage with a bird, kangaroo and emu to the frame, circa 1870 boxed. Wm Drummond & Co Melbourne

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  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
  • 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.

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