A GLANCE into the jewellery cabinet at Euroa's Bowerbird Op Shop by local Gary Mason heightened his sense of curiosity in seeing an interesting and clearly valuable “mourning brooch”, a jewellery piece common in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Mourning jewellery was often engraved with names, dates, or even locks of hair, telling a deeply personal story of loss, grief, and remembrance.
Gary's...
