Victorian Sterling Silver, Smoky Quartz, and Agate "Safety" Brooch

Description:

Victorian Sterling Silver, Smoky Quartz, and Agate "Safety" Brooch, Birmingham, c. 1850, designed as a bow set with a large smoky quartz and suspending banded agate drops, engraved accents, lg. 2 3/4 in., with only maker's mark for Hilliard & Thomason and British Registry mark.

Note: Pictured in Victorian Jewelry, p. 26. The "safety brooch" was developed by Henry Samuel Ellis of Exeter and uses a sliding safety bolt and spring to secure the pin back in place.
Estimate $250-350

Center stone with surface scratches and abrasions. Minor and unobtrusive nicks to agates from knocking against each other. Else without issues.

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