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Reference: S1353
Period: Victorian
Year: Circa 1870
Silversmith: Rettie & Son
Place: Aberdeen
Price: $ 250.00
Weight: 17 grams
Dimensions: 5.1cm * 3.5cm
Condition: Good - small crack and chip in granite, probably original, does not detract. Brooch pin intact and working, slightly wobbly and loose.
Description: A Scottish Provincial sterling silver brooch from Aberdeen, with a silver rim surrounding a polished oval pink granite. Aberdeen is known as the "Granite City", with its' building stone quarried from Rubislaw Quarry. The brooch is hallmarked with makers mark R&S and ABD, the unofficial Aberdeen town mark. Rettie and Son worked between 1845 and 1896, and are well known for their jewellery with the local granite (Benjamin, Antique Jewellery, page 92).
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Scottish provincial brooch
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