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Inkwell

Evan JONES
Inkwell
 (c. 1870)

Medium
silver, emu egg, ebonised wood

Measurements
(a-b) 28.0 × 16.3 × 13.5 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Stanley Lipscombe, 1969

Gallery location
Gallery 5
Level 2, NGV Australia

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription
(a) punched above rim of silver base l.c.: EVAN JONES SYDNEY

Accession Number
D66.a-b-1969

Department
Australian Decorative Arts

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Physical description
Silver mounted, oval wooden base, egg supported by silver-leafed stalk, silver inset of kangaroo and emu.

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