Claret jug with emu egg 1870's South Australian Colonial…
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Claret jug with emu egg 1870's South Australian Colonial zoomorphic, exhibition piece, by J Henry steiner, body of emu egg mounted in sterling silver, neck & spout in the form of an emu head with snake handle & thumb flip lid, the socle base of plain form with engraved fern pattern & Feathered collar, foot rim with Clearly struck linear Hallmarks, comprising Crown, H steiner, Adelaide & lion Passant, height 33 cm, very similiar to the claret jug in the National Gallery of Australia collection (Accession number NGA2014.1032)

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  • Zoomorphic - Objects made having the shape, form, or likeness of an animal. For example, the Hindu god Ganesha has the head of an elephant.

    The term is also applied to furniture made from animal parts. Examples are chandeliers, hallstands and chairs made from deer antlers and umbrella stands, ice buckets and other objects made from an elephant's foot.
  • Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
  • Socle - The short plinth, usually cylindrical, that serves as a pedestal for a sculpture or vase

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