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A rare Australian silver and malachite ink stand, Julius Schomburgk (1819-1893), retailed by Joachim Matthias Wendt, Adelaide, circa 1870
Estimate $30,000 – $40,000
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the shaped rectangular slate base with a malachite veneered border, centred by a malachite box surmounted by a silver figure of an Indigenous Australian male, flanked by a pair of silver-lidded glass inkwells with silver sulphur crested cockatoo finials, raised on foliate-capped lion-paw feet, hallmarked 'JM Wendt, Adelaide', anchor and a lion passant
22 cm high, 26 cm wide
Provenance
Private Collection, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above circa 1943
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above in 2009
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Guy CairnduffHead Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Guy Cairnduff |
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Ann RobertsSpecialist Consultant, Asian Art Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Ann Roberts |
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Anthony HurlSpecialist Consultant Arts & DesignAdelaide T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836 E: Anthony Hur |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Fiona Hayward |
