A pair of Australian gold ear pendants, possibly Hogarth, Erichsen & Co, circa 1860, each of oval openwork form, one depicting an emu, the other a kangaroo, both with surround of native flora, screw fixings, approximately 4.6gm, in a fitted case Provenance: By direct descent from Hugh Hamilton (1822-1900) a younger son of the Hamiltons of Sundrum in Ayrshire. He went to Australia as an early pioneer settler at the age of 19 in 1841, establishing the Tomanbil and Boyd stations on the Lachlan River in New South Wales. He lost most of his cattle in a severe drought in 1849. He took on the post of assistant gold commissioner at Ophir near Bathurst during the gold rush but eventually returned successfully to farming. Literature: 'Brilliant' edited by Eva Czernis-Ryl, 2011