A Colonial silver plate and emu egg centrepiece inkstand, on an oval ebonised wood moulded plinth, having three emu eggs in a naturalistically modelled landscape with a central tree fern and various grass trees and ferns, an aborigine hunting kangaroos with an emu and goanna, two eggs with inkwells and kangaroo and emu covers, the third egg with lyrebird finial, late 19th century, height 33 cm, depth 36 cm, width 57 cm