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Egg dish
Made in two pieces. Consists of a base moulded to represent a basket with a detached lid moulded into the shape of a chicken sat on a clutch of eggs. The base has an inner lip just below the rim on which the lid rests.
Egg nest, used to keep boiled eggs warm on Victorian breakfast tables.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F76.19.1
Historical Associations
Association Type:
Place: Aberaeron
Creation/Production
Period: 1848
Acquisition
Bequest
Measurements
Height
(mm): 330
Depth
(mm): 400
Width
(mm): 300
Weight
(kg): 5.5
Techniques
Moulded
Material
Earthenware
Glaze
Gold
Location
St Fagans Life Is gallery : Tableware
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