A SILVER PAPER WEIGHT OF AN ABORIGINAL WITH SPEAR AND BOOMERANG, H. STEINER, ADELAIDE, CIRCA 1880
A SILVER PAPER WEIGHT OF AN ABORIGINAL WITH SPEAR AND BOOMERANG, H. STEINER, ADELAIDE, CIRCA 1880Estimate $2,000 – $3,000
hallmarked to the base of the figure, together with a glass dome and ebonised circular stand
16CM HIGH
OTHER NOTES
For a similar example see the finial of an emu egg ornament, J.B. Hawkins, Nineteenth Century Australian Silver,1990, plate 365, p. 111
CONDITION
The spear and the boomerang to the figures hand are a little out of shape. The piece needs cleaning. The base and the dome are later.
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