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Eggs, Mounted Emu and Other Large — Precious Objects - Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

$2,074
A rare kid leather mounted emu egg centrepiece, 19th century,…
$1,586
A Colonial silver mounted emu egg on ebonised stand, 19th…
$1,159
An Australian silver plate emu egg stand, 19th century, with…
$1,037
Three Australian silver plate mounted emu eggs, 19th century,…
Auction House:
Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:14
Lots with images:14
Prices available:14
Category:
Eggs, Mounted Emu and Other Large
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A rare kid leather mounted emu egg centrepiece, 19th century, the lily banded egg supported by pendant fern branches on a circular ebonised base with conforming decoration, glass dome, 48 cm high ***
*** A Colonial silver mounted emu egg on ebonised stand, 19th century, with an emu on drum finial above a stiff leaf collar and pendant vine leaf decorations, similarly decorated to the stem and issuing three legs with leaf form feet, above an ebonised base,… ***
*** An Australian silver plate emu egg stand, 19th century, with two carved pendant emu eggs within an ornate foliate decorated frame surmounted by an emu, 36 cm high, 29 cm wide ***
*** Three Australian silver plate mounted emu eggs, 19th century, one impressed Evan Jones, Sydney to the base, the largest 27 cm high ***
*** A pair of silver plate mounted, etched ostrich eggs, each variously carved with Australian fauna including a kangaroo and a lyrebird, 19 cm high ***
*** A collection of six etched and carved emu eggs, each variously decorated with Australian fauna, the largest 15 cm high ***
*** A silver emu egg stand, probably late 19th century, together with a later emu egg, 18 cm high ***
*** An Australian silver plate mounted and painted emu egg, late 19th to early 20th century, with an oval cartouche painted with exotic species flowers and a songbird, surmounted by a cast emu and supported in a cast foliar base ***
*** A silver plate mounted ostrich egg, with a classically decorated foot and kookaburra finial, 34 cm high ***
*** A carved emu egg decorated with a kookaburra and two snakes, 14 cm long. ***
*** An Australian gilded silver plate mounted emu egg, 18.5 cm high ***
*** Three large ostrich eggs, the largest 16 cm long ***
*** An etched and decorated emu egg under glass, together with an emu egg etched and decorated with birds and a **boab pod carved with a crest of a cockatoo, 20 cm high. ***
*** Two painted emu eggs, 14 cm high ***