Victorian Emu Centrepiece with Two Realistic Birds

A Victorian electroplated British metal emu centrepiece, 19th…
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A Victorian electroplated British metal emu centrepiece, 19th century, Sheffield, with maker's marks for James Deakin & Sons, having an oval detachable dish with embossed floral designs, beaded edges and scrolled handles upon a central knopped and decorated stem, and flanked by two realistically cast emus upon vegetal bases, the whole raised on a shaped rectangular plinth with four decorative feet; maker's marks underside with numerals M 12 71. Height 31 cm. Width 36 cm. Depth 20 cm

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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.
  • 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.

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