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Rare pair of cast silver kangaroo paperweights for Drummond &…
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Sydney
Date:
4-Apr-2012
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Rare pair of cast silver kangaroo paperweights for Drummond & Co, each freestanding and with finely chased fur. Marks: Pure Australian/ Silver/ Drummond/ Melbourne. (misstruck). Height 9.5 cm. Combined weight: 265 grams. Provenance: Vizard Foundation. 2001 Geelong Exhibition no 10. Notes: Drummond & Co were retailers and not manufacturers. John Hawkins proposes that these figures were probably produced by Stokes & Co of Melbourne, which were associated with the silversmith Julius Hogarth. Hogarth is credited with their introduction as he produced similar figures in the 1860s in his partnership of Hogarth & Erichsen in Sydney. For similar examples and notes see Jbh Vol I pp 132 & 274
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Precious Objects: Paperweights & dumps