Henry STEINER

Standing cup and cover
(c. 1865)

Medium

silver, emu egg, velvet, leather

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Altmann Collection of Australian Silver. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by John and Jan Altmann, Founder Benefactors, 1981.

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

silver, emu egg, velvet, leather

Measurements

(a-b) 29.4 × 10.4 cm diameter (overall)

Place/s of Execution

Adelaide, South Australia

Inscription

a) punched in outside of left side of upper rim: HST / . (kangaroo) HST / .
punched in outside of right side of upper rim: (…illeg.)

Accession Number

D107.a-b-1981

Department

Australian Decorative Arts

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Altmann Collection of Australian Silver. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by John and Jan Altmann, Founder Benefactors, 1981.
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

Gallery location

Not on display

Physical description

Emu egg mounted vertically on chased circular foot, chased and embossed, cover cast emu finial

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Henry STEINER

Standing cup and cover
(c. 1865)