A 19th Century Australian gold circular locket back brooch, with central solitaire garnet and applied decoration and letters forming the name Hester, the locket back with stamped maker's mark J. & Co., for Joseph & Company.

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A 19th Century Australian gold circular locket back brooch, with central solitaire garnet and applied decoration and letters forming the name Hester, the locket back with stamped maker's mark J. & Co., for Joseph & Company.
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Joseph & Company (Act. 1859-1882) Jewellers, Melbourne, Sandhurst, Bendigo.

Although listed in Bendigo directories between 1859 and 1882, Melbourne directories first list Joseph & Company in 1865. The Australasian Sketcher 12th April 1879 notes that they were in Melbourne and Sandhurst and exhibitors at the Sandhurst Exhibition of 1879.