A SILVER MOUNTED CARVED EMU EGG ATTRIBUTED TO E. FISCHER, GEELONG, CIRCA 1880
A SILVER MOUNTED CARVED EMU EGG ATTRIBUTED TO E. FISCHER, GEELONG, CIRCA 1880Estimate $4,000 – $6,000
the ebonised socle supporting a quadripartite scroll form base rising to frame the egg carved with a scene of an aboriginal hunting swans, the mounts with applied fern leaves surmounted by a floral swag and an emu, together with a glass dome and ebonised circular stand
32CM HIGH