25th August 2022

1948 G. Herring Jewellery

G.Herring did not start off making buttons and buckles. In fact, they started off making sheep branding oil! During the 1930- 40s, they produced costume jewellery.

Australian Women’s Weekly, 3rd January 1948 page 31.

Warwick Daily News (Qld), 4th May 1948, page 1.

1948-49 Sydney directory. The name for cables, ‘Wilscour’ relates historically to the start of the firm as producers of sheep branding oil in 1931-2. G. Herring may have produced costume jewellery only around 1947-9.

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