A Victorian carved emu egg and silver plated epergne, 19th century, unmarked, an emu egg carved with Australian fauna raised on a plated trunk with bracken branches, and having a serpentine base with a patterned apron supporting applied emus and kangaroos and an aboriginal figure about to throw a boomerang, the whole surmounted by a single etched glass trumpet also with bracken style designs. Height 35 cm. Width 30 cm. Depth 11 cm