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A fine silver and silver gilt mounted presentation ostrich egg…
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Melbourne
Date:
25-Oct-2011
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A fine silver and silver gilt mounted presentation ostrich egg casket, Australian, 19th century, the oval base with applied ferns and native flora cast with two aboriginal figures confronting a large snake, wrapped around a xanthorrhoea trunk, the casket set with a lizard and flanked by two cast handles with ring tailed possums, the cover decorated with a fern motif and Sturt peas, the finial cast as a family of emus on a rocky outcrop, together with a later ebonised socle and glass dome (3) 42 cm high. Other Notes: for a similar example see, the J.
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Category:
Precious Objects: Eggs, Mounted Emu and Other Large