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A 19TH CENTURY AUSTRALIAN GOLD AND QUANDONG SEED GUARD CHAIN
Composed of a uniform row of dried quandong seeds with gold belcher-link connections suspending two larger quandong seed drops, circa 1890, 176.0cm, with retailers case by Swift & Grice, Valley Corner, Brisbane
Composed of a uniform row of dried quandong seeds with gold belcher-link connections suspending two larger quandong seed drops, circa 1890, 176.0cm, with retailers case by Swift & Grice, Valley Corner, Brisbane
Further details
The Quandong Santalum Acuminatum is a unique native Australian fruit and was prized by the Aboriginals for medicinal purposes as it contains Vitamin C and possesses healing qualities for skin ailments.
C.f. Australian 19th & Early 20th Century Jewellery, A. Schofield, K. Fahy, Antique Collectors Club, 1991, p. 63 - 65, for further references to Quandong jewellery
C.f. Australian 19th & Early 20th Century Jewellery, A. Schofield, K. Fahy, Antique Collectors Club, 1991, p. 63 - 65, for further references to Quandong jewellery