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Fire Insurance Plaque, New South Wales. ca1830-1870 'Mutual' Insurance Company beaten copper 214 x 147mm. 'Mutual' within oval double border. Small section broken away from left lower quadrant with another, smaller, at right. Traces of old paint finish. Vendor states recovered from the Milson's Point area, Sydney by Dr Isadore Brodsky ca1960s. Such plaques were displayed prominently above the doorways of business premises. They were issued by Insurance Companies prior to the establishment of Consolidated Fire Brigades. Ea company supporting its own brigade of firefighters. These would only attend fires of premises insured by their own company. No plaque - let it burn!. Near relic but sound & frameable. Rare early Sydney Insurance plaqueAVAILABLE at A$400