Short project on Eggs

SIEGER BY FURSTENBERG Matroschischka Egg Cup - Gold   

The price is £228

Egg cup

Material: porcelain, 24ct gold

Dimensions: H11xØ7.5cm

Decorated in 24ct gold

Handmade in Germany

Hand wash only

The egg looks gold outside but inside is porcelain. 

It does look quite prestige, mostly because all around the world gold is very unique colour that is impossible to make by mixing day to day colours.

What I like from this egg cup is that it has quite simple yet posh style at the same time. 

These exceptional antique Russian silver egg cups have a circular rounded form to a swept pedestal foot.

The most expensive egg cups that I could find in the web that is sold today. Dimensions are: the height is 2.49 in. (6.3 cm ) diameter is 1.82 in. (4.6 cm). The cost is £1,645. it is made out of silver. Date of Manufacture around 1900. Originated in Russia.

The design is quite very detailed yet simple at the first glance. Since its silver it is quite shiny and is aesthetically appealing. Both are made with different shape to obligate the egg that would be placed inside. 

An egg cup, sometimes called an egg server, is an item of tableware used for serving and holding boiled eggs within their shell. Egg cups have an upwardly concave portion to hold the egg and a flat-bottomed base. Egg cups can be made from a variety of materials, including bakelite, glass, plastic, porcelain, pottery, various metals. and wood, or a combination of two materials, such as ceramic and wood.

First it was found in ancient city called Pompeii, largely preserved under the ash, the excavated city offered a unique snapshot of Roman life, frozen at the moment it was buried,[1] and an extraordinarily detailed insight into the everyday life of its inhabitants, although much of the evidence was lost in the early excavations. It was a wealthy town, enjoying many fine public buildings and luxurious private houses with lavish decorations, furnishings and works of art which were the main attractions for the early excavators. Organic remains, including wooden objects and human bodies, were entombed in the ash.