A TASMANIAN SPECIMEN WOOD AND WHALE BONE DISPLAY TRAY

Description: A TASMANIAN SPECIMEN WOOD AND WHALE BONE DISPLAY TRAY
Of shaped outline with raised back, inlaid in various Australian timbers in geometric patterns, within a pierced whalebone gallery border.
Late 19th century.
Height 28cm; Width 34cm; Depth 21cm

PROVENANCE:
by repute, Captain John King Davis, second in command of Mawson's 1911-14 expedition to the Antarctic

Condition:

Condition: In very good condition with no visible signs of damage or restoration. One triangular loss to marquetry. No hooks to reverse. Please see additional photographs.

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