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Kangaroo brooch

JAMES MCBEAN & SON, Melbourne (manufacturer)
Kangaroo brooch
 (c. 1900)

Medium
gold, shell, diamond, platinum

Measurements
7.5 × 5.3 × 1.6 cm (variable)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dimity Reed through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2017

Gallery location
Gallery 5
Level 2, NGV Australia

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
punched (vertically) in rear c.r.: PLAT 15 / McBEAN (. under c)
punched in pin u.c.: 9C

Accession Number
2017.225

Department
Australian Decorative Arts

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