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A rare 19th century Australian silver wine ewer by William…
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Wellington
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27-Oct-2021
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A rare 19th century Australian silver wine ewer by William Edwards of Melbourne of footed baluster form, naturalistic scrolling branch handle and applied with a band grapes, leaves and vines, presentation inscription reads, 'Presented to Thomas Logan Esq Commander S.S. Hero by his Auckland friends in Commemoration of a public dinner at which he was entertained by the Citizens of Auckland, the Mayor in the chair on the occasion of his first visit to the port after his detention in Quarantine at Sydney N.S.W. Auckland 18th Sept 1872. The lid stamped W. Edwards Melbourne, the rim stamped by Appointment to HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, 33.5 cm height (lid lacks top of finial), reference: a near identical example is held in the collection of the Australian Museum of applied Art and Science., Kurt Albrecht - nineteenth century Australian gold & silver Smiths, (Hutchinson group (Australia) Pty Ltd, 1969) plate 27
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