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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
4-Apr-2012
Lot No.
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Description:
Impressive Colonial, themed silver plated centrepiece with Plateau, the centrepiece with foliage supporting three emu egg bowls and two central palm trees surmounted by an ostrich egg bowl, on a rocky moulded mirrored plateau having a kangaroo, emu and ostrich along the border, one rock face engraved with bird crest and dated 1884. marks: unmarked. Overall height: 57 cm. Provenance: Private Collection. Notes: Ostriches are native to Africa and were first farmed in South Australia in 1881
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Precious Objects: Eggs, Mounted Emu and Other Large