An Australian silver emu egg shaped casket or table centrepi...

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£1,800

An Australian silver emu egg shaped casket or table centrepiece, adorned with fruiting vine, kangaroo and birds, the sculptural base with an Aboriginal figure and a joey beside trees, oval walnut base, 29cm high, William Edwards, Melbourne c.1860

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Structurally sound
One section of foliage detached, a couple of small losses, covering of egg section a little tatty, emu on finial bent
Please see photographs
The base certainly re-polished and possibly replaced
The Greek key item probably a replacement for a boomerang