Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 26th October 2016
Lot 943
A Victorian silver-mounted emu egg goblet
Estimate £300 - £400
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Description
A Victorian silver-mounted emu egg goblet,
by The Barnards, London 1864,
the circular emu egg bowl stained green, with a plain upper mount and liner, supported by three emu legs and stiff leaf decoration, on a shaped triangular base inscribed 'Australian Emu Egg', (crack to egg), height 14.5cm.