Australian Silver Emu Egg Centrepiece with Aboriginal Figures
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An Australian silver mounted emu egg centrepiece, late 19th / early 20th century, a tall Aboriginal holding aloft an emu egg with silver foliate terminals and surmount, flanked by smaller Aborigines, one with a boomerang, the other with a spear, all between a palm tree and a fern, an alert kangaroo and an emu to the foreground, all resting on an oval naturalistic embossed base., 1010 gms total weight, 24 cm high, 26 cm wide, 119 cm deep
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
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