It’s a sunny Saturday morning and we continue the egg cup tour.
On the left, another chick emerging from an egg – this time in brownish palette. This one looks a little threatening!
On the right, a different vision of a chick emerging from an egg. A sweet-faced yellow chick. This egg cup was made in Portugal and it’s fairly easy to find on eBay.
These egg cups live on the little shelf hanging on the wall in the den, partly because the guy on the left is way too tall for the cubbies.
Left: a gentleman egg cup. The head can be removed in order to eat a soft boiled egg in the cup. Originally part of a set. I rarely see it anymore. The set consists of two gentlemen, one head being a salt shaker, the other, a pepper shaker. For some reason, mine does not have any holes in the hat for shaking salt/pepper. Made by Arbalt in Occupied Japan, the period of time when American troops occupied Japan in 1947-1952, which makes it fairly valuable in the world of figural egg cups.
Center: a goose I found in a local antique shop. I love this egg cup. Beautifully painted, it’s marked “Sarreguemines France A.” It has crazing and a couple of faint cracks. When I was shipping egg cups to Country Living magazine, I didn’t include this one – the extended neck and head are too fragile.
Right: another one of my favorites, a little cherub wearing a ruffle, holding onto an egg cup. I adore this one. I did happen to see one like it on eBay yesterday.
On the left: Humpty Dumpty, made by Mansell (I think it’s from England.) I remember really wanting this cup. Very happy when I finally found one.
On the right: a pair of wooden cups that were given to me by a reader of this blog. Each of them has a wooden egg that has holes in the top for shaking salt and/or pepper. I see them for sale on eBay, but they are invariably missing the egg salt/pepper shakers.
I usually display Humpty with this egg that Don found when he was filming in Prague.
All of these egg cups are vintage.
More on Monday, of course.
You can tell that I’ve been exploring what’s available on eBay. I do this once a year when my curiosity is piqued because I’m once again thinking about the egg cup tour. Many of my figural cups are almost impossible to find nowadays, but I’m happy to say that a good number show up at this time of year. I saw the ‘chicks on a teeter-totter’ cup yesterday and I’ve also seen “egg cup houses with bunnies peeking around the corner,” a few of which I’ve shared with you. So if you’re looking for sweet little vintage figural egg cups, you can definitely find them.
Alright, my friends. Time to get that second cup of coffee!
Stay safe.
Happy Saturday.
