Gold double bar brooch with nugget
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- Type
- Brooches
- Date
- 1851 - 1899
- Place
- Australia
- Materials
- Gold, Metal - non specific
- Collection
- Trevor Kennedy collection
- Accession number
- 2020.0002.0051
Description
A gold brooch featuring two cylindrical bars with a flat gold nugget in the centre. The bars are capped at the ends with fluted spheres and there are two diagonal parallel lines joining the bars together. A safety chain is attached to one of the cylindrical bars.
This brooch is a product of the nineteenth century gold rushes in Australia. Goldfields jewellery featuring stylised mining tools or nuggets was made as a memento and display of a miner's success.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 5:44:37 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-11-18. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.