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A COLONIAL SILVER PLATE AND EMU EGG CENTREPIECE INKSTAND
On an oval ebonised wood moulded plinth, having three emu eggs in a naturalistically modelled landscape with a central tree fern and various grass trees and ferns, an aborigine hunting kangaroos with an emu and goanna, two eggs with inkwells and kangaroo and emu covers, the third egg with lyrebird finial.
Late 19th century.
Height 33cm; Depth 36cm; Width 57cm
Sold for $2,200
Lot 454
On an oval ebonised wood moulded plinth, having three emu eggs in a naturalistically modelled landscape with a central tree fern and various grass trees and ferns, an aborigine hunting kangaroos with an emu and goanna, two eggs with inkwells and kangaroo and emu covers, the third egg with lyrebird finial.
Late 19th century.
Height 33cm; Depth 36cm; Width 57cm
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
The Private Collection of Trevor Kennedy AM
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8382
10:00am - 1 November 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Wednesday 28 October, by appointment only
Thursday 29 - Saturday 31 October, 10am-4pm
Rawson Hall, 24 - 26 Kent Street, Sydney
CONTACT
Hamish Clark
sydney.manager@leonardjoel.com.au
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