Victorian Sterling Silver Emu Egg Holders (1885)
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 ? 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910. - 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.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- emu eggs 161
Visually similar items
A pair of emu egg stands, sterling silver, Sheffield, circa 1860 14.5 cm high
Sterling silver gilded chalice. Inscribed to base 'In Memory of Emily O'Neil' & 'P J Gill & Sons, Boston.' height 21 cm. Wt. 361g
Two 18th century Dram glasses and 18th century ale glass. Circa 1760 both with gadrooned bowl and knopped stem, the ale glass circa 1760 with trumpet funnel bowl, engraved with hops and barley, knopped stem, tallest 13 cm high (3)
Kings pattern Victorian Scottish toddy ladle, in sterling silver marked HAY, 1855, Edinburgh, approx 16 cm L, 35g