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Impressive silver mounted emu egg presentation casket by…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
4-Apr-2012
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Description:
Impressive silver mounted emu egg presentation casket by William Edwards, with emus finial and grapevine handles having a parakeet and galah perched, above a crossed fern tree base, with an Aboriginal scene of a mother and child protecting her injured man from another bearing a spear (now lacking), the whole raised on a turned blackwood base with silver rim and feet, retailed by Walsh & Sons. marks: (emu) We (kangaroo)/ sterling silver and Walsh & Sons/ Melbourne ref: JBH109, 134. Height 31 cm. Provenance: Private Collection. Notes: for a very similar subject refer J B Hawkins Vol I pp 23 and the base design refer pp 241
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Category:
Precious Objects: Eggs, Mounted Emu and Other Large