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A FINE SILVER AND SILVER GILT MOUNTED PRESENTATION OSTRICH EGG CASKET, AUSTRALIAN, 19TH CENTURY
A FINE SILVER AND SILVER GILT MOUNTED PRESENTATION OSTRICH EGG CASKET, AUSTRALIAN, 19TH CENTURYEstimate $30,000 – $40,000
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- Lot Sold $30,000 (Hammer Price)
- $36,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
the oval base with applied ferns and native flora cast with two aboriginal figures confronting a large snake, wrapped around a xanthorrhoea trunk, the casket set with a lizard and flanked by two cast handles with ring tailed possums, the cover decorated with a fern motif and Sturt peas, the finial cast as a family of emus on a rocky outcrop, together with a later ebonised socle and glass dome
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42CM HIGH
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For a similar example see The J. and J. Altman Collection at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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