Melbourne Olympic Bid Box with Silver Gum Leaves

A Melbourne Olympic Games Bid Box, made from Western Australian…
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A Melbourne Olympic Games Bid Box, made from Western Australian jarra burr, signed Michael Thoren with an applied stirling silver sprig of gum leaves and gum nuts. Inside is a plaque engraved 'Melbourne 1996'. Other Notes: made as a promotional gift for the Melbourne bid to hold the Summer Olympic Games in 1996, the 100th Olympiad. History records that the games were awarded to Atlanta.

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  • Burr - Burr (or in the USA, burl) is the timber from the knotted roots or deformed branch of the tree, which when cut, displays the small circular knots in various gradations of colour. It is always cut into a decorative veneer, most commonly seen as burr walnut on 19th century furniture.

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