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Title
Casket with gumnut and leaf and King beetles design
1910
Artist
Emily Leist
Australia
1869 - 1919
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Details
Other Title
Casket with gumnut decoration
Date
1910
Materials used
beaten brass with repoussé decoration and inlaid blue enamel medallion
Dimensions
6.2 x 17.0 x 17.0 cm
Credit
Purchased 1914
Accession number
2286
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Emily Leist
Casket with gumnut and leaf and King beetles design
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Project 24 - Cicadas and Gumnuts: The Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1935 (1978), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Apr 1978–07 May 1978
Flora and Fauna - Australian Decorative Art from the Gallery's Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Apr 1998–20 Jun 1998
Referenced in 2 publications
Bibliography
Deborah Edwards and Alisa de Torres, Australian decorative arts, Sydney, 1991, 21 (colour illus.). cat.no. 87
Jackie Menzies, Project 24: Cicadas and gumnuts - the Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1935, Sydney, 1978. cat.no. 61; titled 'Casket with gumnut decoration'; Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales