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20203 Click for more photos | Fire Insurance Plaque, New South Wales ca1830-1870 . The Australian Insurance Company pressed zinc 275 x 120mm. Semi-circular (arch-form) 'Australian' on ½ scroll. Damage to areas where zinc has corroded. Traces of old paint finish. Vendor states recovered from the Milson's Point area, Sydney in the 1960s by Dr Isadore Brodsky. Fire Insurance Plaques were prominently displayed above the doorways of business premises insured under that company. The Insurance Companies supported their own private Fire Brigades (prior to the establishment of Consolidated Brigades) who would only attend fires at premises insured under their own company. Near relic, bust basically sound & frameable. Rare early Sydney Fire Insurance Plaque | AVAILABLE at A$200 |
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