A FINE SILVER GILT MOUNTED EMU EGG BY WILLIAM EDWARDS, MELBOURNE, CIRCA 1870
A FINE SILVER GILT MOUNTED EMU EGG BY WILLIAM EDWARDS, MELBOURNE, CIRCA 1870Estimate $7,000 – $9,000
the lobed oval base relief decorated with a goanna, rocky landscape, the standard modelled as a pair of entwined tree ferns supporting the egg on the fern fronds, with an emu finial, hallmarked kangaroo, W. E., emu, together with a glass dome and ebonised circular stand
23.5CM HIGH