Silver Emu Egg Trophy for International Cricket Match 1861
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Important 'Advance Australia' silver mounted emu egg lidded trophy cup, probably by Qwist, retailed by (James) Clarke and Ghost, the cover with batsman finial and the silver rim inscribed: 'Clarke and Ghost/ 83 Gloucester St Sydney', enclosing a gilt interior, the egg body having an applied shield shaped plaque bearing the inscription: 'Presented By /James Cunningham to The/ Victoria Eleven As Victors/ in the Sixth International/ Cricket Match With/ New South Walesplayed/ in Sydney Feb.Y/ 1861; and Below a Further Applied Scrolled Banner Advance Australia, Resting on a Collar of oak Leaves, on a Tree Trunk Pedestal and Profusely embossed Base with Leaves. Marks: Under Base Jc / Sydney. Combined Weight: 605 Grams; Height 39.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection. Notes: Originally This Mark Was attributed By JBH to JJ Cohen Based on a Sugar Bowl Together with a Spoon Signed in Full JJ Cohen. However in His 1990 Publication There Is No Further Reference to This Mark. More Important Is the Transcription of the Original Sydney Morning Herald Article of 11-2-1861 Which Describes This Cup in Vol I on Page 130 and Makes the Attribution to Qwist As An Outworker For the Mysterious James Clarke. Victoria and Tasmania Played Their First Cricket Match in 1851 and New South Walesfinally Fielded a Team in 1855/56 For the Inaugural Inter-Colonial Match. By 1861 the First Touring English Team Arrived to Challenge the Colonies.
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- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins. - 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.
- Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
- Oak - Native to Europe and England, oak has been used for joinery, furniture and building since the beginning of the medieval civilisation. It is a pale yellow in colour when freshly cut and darkens with age to a mid brown colour.
Oak as a furniture timber was superceded by walnut in the 17th century, and in the 18th century by mahogany,
Semi-fossilised bog oak is black in colour, and is found in peat bogs where the trees have fallen and been preserved from decay by the bog. It is used for jewellery and small carved trinkets.
Pollard oak is taken from an oak that has been regularly pollarded, that is the upper branches have been removed at the top of the trunk, result that new branches would appear, and over time the top would become ball-like. . When harvested and sawn, the timber displays a continuous surface of knotty circles. The timber was scarce and expensive and was used in more expensive pieces of furniture in the Regency and Victorian periods.
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