tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-311254192024-03-19T08:25:23.031+01:00Egg cupsCollecting them since 1979 - Blogging about them foreverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152975321623719372008-04-01T12:00:00.001+02:002008-04-01T20:15:09.412+02:00Trendy egg cups<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVx0WFfZSHeYHN9pbHNy7uEUhA0S8ZcvJAzQ8GzbLkNDq8FNxBKmHNQO4uetiGgNDKUQyRme4_sacD_1msh5r9NjA3tTZg4mGsDwmmk38fL4z6o1eIYBMVrdE4QvRXzl1V7x3lHA/s1600-h/huev+5312.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVx0WFfZSHeYHN9pbHNy7uEUhA0S8ZcvJAzQ8GzbLkNDq8FNxBKmHNQO4uetiGgNDKUQyRme4_sacD_1msh5r9NjA3tTZg4mGsDwmmk38fL4z6o1eIYBMVrdE4QvRXzl1V7x3lHA/s200/huev+5312.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184336185987750290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozq4D2lZihmRe86h2uK9lcCs8toqkBzFJLMg1YB2gyjJhXcrLDOtk7BXFcvhO48vvTt_0gT5_Vf1f70QIeoSjZKwMLy3cJH8DY4uxhHAhc-a-neRJWkVi5rlZe3XToDqkQDBmqg/s1600-h/huev+5286.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozq4D2lZihmRe86h2uK9lcCs8toqkBzFJLMg1YB2gyjJhXcrLDOtk7BXFcvhO48vvTt_0gT5_Vf1f70QIeoSjZKwMLy3cJH8DY4uxhHAhc-a-neRJWkVi5rlZe3XToDqkQDBmqg/s200/huev+5286.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184335842390366594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9HUkYrDmx5xHjqJ2LoKq7Adv09AqqB3Z0U3JRLALRspXnRw_A3ef4rUPeXSb4qB-YO0snbHbvKgoeGXMEng3HoOqThc2AoOjMhw69vsWMcWVg6Q2RyIhhJoAITcXNWPE7ccM-Q/s1600-h/huev+5521.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%204751.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9HUkYrDmx5xHjqJ2LoKq7Adv09AqqB3Z0U3JRLALRspXnRw_A3ef4rUPeXSb4qB-YO0snbHbvKgoeGXMEng3HoOqThc2AoOjMhw69vsWMcWVg6Q2RyIhhJoAITcXNWPE7ccM-Q/s1600-h/huev+5521.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev4750.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9HUkYrDmx5xHjqJ2LoKq7Adv09AqqB3Z0U3JRLALRspXnRw_A3ef4rUPeXSb4qB-YO0snbHbvKgoeGXMEng3HoOqThc2AoOjMhw69vsWMcWVg6Q2RyIhhJoAITcXNWPE7ccM-Q/s1600-h/huev+5521.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev4749.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/huev3915.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev3915.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9HUkYrDmx5xHjqJ2LoKq7Adv09AqqB3Z0U3JRLALRspXnRw_A3ef4rUPeXSb4qB-YO0snbHbvKgoeGXMEng3HoOqThc2AoOjMhw69vsWMcWVg6Q2RyIhhJoAITcXNWPE7ccM-Q/s1600-h/huev+5521.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9HUkYrDmx5xHjqJ2LoKq7Adv09AqqB3Z0U3JRLALRspXnRw_A3ef4rUPeXSb4qB-YO0snbHbvKgoeGXMEng3HoOqThc2AoOjMhw69vsWMcWVg6Q2RyIhhJoAITcXNWPE7ccM-Q/s200/huev+5521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184334360626649458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">These egg cups became such a hype when they first saw the light, that they were very, very soon copied and declined in almost infinite models. And they eventually got even more popular. And more models saw the light. Should we really care about which ones are "the originals"? Or can we just concentrate in deciding which one is our favourite? Note for the collectors: there are of course many more than the models shown here.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Info about this beautiful selection: 1) made in China for "The egg cup collection" of Salt & Pepper [eggcup5312]; 2) made in China for "The egg cup collection" of Salt & Pepper [eggcup5286]; 3) egg cup distributed in the Netherdlands with the name "eierdop inktivs" [eggcup4751]; 4) a friend of the previous one [eggcup4750]; 5) and their geisha friend, with a "<span style="font-style: italic;">made in China</span>" sticker [eggcup4749]; 6) white koala [eggcup3915]; 7) squirrel model by Salt 1 Pepper, "The egg cup collection" [eggcup5521].<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.kadoexpo.nl/shop/scripts/prodView.asp?idProduct=146"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152903073785828732008-03-31T12:00:00.000+02:002008-03-31T21:35:06.897+02:00Broken egg cups<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/eggcup%202606.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev4631.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/eggcup%202606.jpg" border="0" /></a><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev3832.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev2481.0.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev0917.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1702.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So, yes, we love egg cups and we treat them the best way we can, but unfortunately most of them are not unbreakable and some of them do get in trouble, especially when travelling around the world. Today we pay tribute to some victims of egg cup trafficking and unlucky handling.<br /><br />Info for the specialists, and the others too: 1) marked "F.U." or "F.O.", it is damaged in the upper border [eggcup4631]; 2) a fine egg cup, to be compared with the following [eggcup2606]; 3) Hooli Mooli egg cup; notice that an arm and part of the egg are gone [eggcup3832] 4) an old Palissy Pottery (Stoke-On-Trent) piece, marked "<span style="font-style: italic;">Thames River Scenes by Palissy Pottery, England"</span> [eggcup2481]; 5) a piece with manufacturing problems [eggcup0917]; 6) OK, this is a joke: a French egg cup imitating a broken egg shell, named "Croqtou", produced by the Limoges company Jean Louis Coquet [eggcup1702].<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span> <span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152898440365910592008-03-30T00:00:00.001+01:002008-03-30T13:36:57.685+02:00Egg cups with a message<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zvJIkFNjYUUtiLkM0crC1GhUAoMS-Dq5NXPdktPLtBgKATPt_t_4NVTAjFrrQbgnnMyEV0BpYfYpX35emZrleLnmFg2-or4_fHsNVtVUyG2QOfbW2l28mcpvF18HlXy7AmgmRA/s1600-h/huev+0020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo57wNuzLaDqC2XAlg9jVbJ9dU6vhZO-XVW_g9D9POWuCXztR_8uwwuK066MGz0dzqFExCgKPv4Gbik6vn1vCamn_KWvbJuaWQH1RGBIK6EUN6ijqJGjVgV0LQfnXMl9LFAhy0_Q/s200/huev+3807.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183487977191430434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo57wNuzLaDqC2XAlg9jVbJ9dU6vhZO-XVW_g9D9POWuCXztR_8uwwuK066MGz0dzqFExCgKPv4Gbik6vn1vCamn_KWvbJuaWQH1RGBIK6EUN6ijqJGjVgV0LQfnXMl9LFAhy0_Q/s1600-h/huev+3807.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/2243.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWoC-Ww2iEI8nVZVzBAAzEFpWhnoLw4-_LNOUMSs-1tDJ2lfTQ4z9Yr6XMTfKEFZmcfxFZvWft2K9MCipKjOsi_lVK6OtUAp2d4TEJfVbYDJHgR4k6E3LLyh0KJQnDrX5Si2v1g/s1600-h/huev+2354.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWoC-Ww2iEI8nVZVzBAAzEFpWhnoLw4-_LNOUMSs-1tDJ2lfTQ4z9Yr6XMTfKEFZmcfxFZvWft2K9MCipKjOsi_lVK6OtUAp2d4TEJfVbYDJHgR4k6E3LLyh0KJQnDrX5Si2v1g/s200/huev+2354.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183490734560434530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We have a very important message for you, dear egg cup collectors, egg cup lovers and readers in general: this blog is still alive! We took a little break but here we are again, with plenty of egg cups to share with you. Today we take a look at some pieces communicating messages, in case another proof was need to demostrate that egg cups are much more than things to put your eggs on.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Interesting info: 1) for the delight of all Beatrix Potter fans, here is a Wedgwood Peter Rabbit fine china egg cup with the sentence "<span style="font-style: italic;">Peter sat down to rest: he was very damp with sitting in that can"</span>, marked "<span style="font-style: italic;">Wedgwood</span> of Etruria & Barlaston, Made in England, Copyright Frederick Warne & Co" [eggcup0020]; 2) L-O-V-E Bridgewater egg cup [eggcup1136]; 3) a piece "<span style="font-style: italic;">for the best grandma in the world", </span>marked <span style="font-style: italic;">"Made In England" </span>[eggcup1845]; 4) <span style="font-style: italic;">"Good morning" </span>egg cup, highly recommended for breakfasts [eggcup3186]; 5) old children egg cup<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span> with part of the lyrics of the song "<span style="font-style: italic;">Rub-a-dub, three men in a tub, and who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, they all jumped out of a rotten potato, turn 'em out, knaves all three" </span>(which is really supposed to convey a message, yes) [eggcup3807]; 6) very rare 1917 egg cup paying tribute to David Lloyd George, with the inscription "<span style="font-style: italic;">Dedicated to the patriotic fowl", </span>signed by the Staffordshire girls, which was produced in the context of the First World War [eggcup2243]; egg cup to wish good luck in German produced by Achermann, in Hinterhof (Germany) [eggcup2354].<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><em></em></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><em></em></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158325777634664062007-10-30T15:03:00.000+01:002007-10-30T19:31:48.561+01:00Anthropomorphic wooden egg cups<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-UyjgGn6XrhFLV66_qxJofyoxkI_P5skUKWLzqU46s0ns5VwBNY0iWhE3-OXMDf-kcDvDURTtObpd-SvI4F79Qty3ytChzV71TrD9U8XXCkHAfWKJgnfJruNXMEhVIXFxRskhA/s1600-h/huev2378.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%201075.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-UyjgGn6XrhFLV66_qxJofyoxkI_P5skUKWLzqU46s0ns5VwBNY0iWhE3-OXMDf-kcDvDURTtObpd-SvI4F79Qty3ytChzV71TrD9U8XXCkHAfWKJgnfJruNXMEhVIXFxRskhA/s1600-h/huev2378.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%202490.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%200011%20bis.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">All men are equal, but this does not imply that all anthropomorphic wooden egg cups have to look the same. On the contrary, we have here a perfect example of how can a very, very simple idea be declined in a myriad of ways to render unique your little (or not so little) egg cup.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Details to be considered on the featured pieces: 1) representing Pinocchio and including a wooden hat, bought in France in 1993 [eggcup1075]; 2) hand-painted, with metal earrings [eggcup2490]; 3) hand-painted, with woolen cap, bought in Italy in the 1980s [eggcup0011].<br /><br />Please remember that there is also a nice <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev2378.jpg">antropomorphic wooden egg cup signed by Cecilia Brugge</a> in the <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);" href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/figural-wooden-egg-cups.html">Figural wooden egg cups</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> </span>post.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158333565043292462007-10-08T17:17:00.000+02:002007-10-10T15:38:07.234+02:00Koala egg cups<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCmIFXztDDT0rnZs5H6gUT3W_eoRXcJ88QYRXS_bRP7mY4Q2nK56Q9YFYIhbiK2qxCfmr6BqAd8vCQbM0GP2D4YsaoDlyYYmXquBtuDz0ycOdi8fSpMTufF8_gw3xbXxadsl3HA/s1600-h/huev3915.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%200676.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCmIFXztDDT0rnZs5H6gUT3W_eoRXcJ88QYRXS_bRP7mY4Q2nK56Q9YFYIhbiK2qxCfmr6BqAd8vCQbM0GP2D4YsaoDlyYYmXquBtuDz0ycOdi8fSpMTufF8_gw3xbXxadsl3HA/s1600-h/huev3915.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCmIFXztDDT0rnZs5H6gUT3W_eoRXcJ88QYRXS_bRP7mY4Q2nK56Q9YFYIhbiK2qxCfmr6BqAd8vCQbM0GP2D4YsaoDlyYYmXquBtuDz0ycOdi8fSpMTufF8_gw3xbXxadsl3HA/s200/huev3915.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119697152743770242" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/huev%204170.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%204170.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Bcn56yO_aq4ap0zxWYD3sfkF-0cgZfxO7IXjPMDD0dTz6B-1LKPZWUbZn6LDSXULM9zK7EVUnRU62e5AxsSvDnnzFP75_nc3K56h4BWTiD5IPDw_73ClVHiRmAlOzEL3-e6mZA/s1600-h/2293.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Bcn56yO_aq4ap0zxWYD3sfkF-0cgZfxO7IXjPMDD0dTz6B-1LKPZWUbZn6LDSXULM9zK7EVUnRU62e5AxsSvDnnzFP75_nc3K56h4BWTiD5IPDw_73ClVHiRmAlOzEL3-e6mZA/s200/2293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119699583695259810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Koala time! Well, some of these could be considered to be ALSO souvenir egg cups, but in any case they do fall in the category "egg cups featuring nice koalas", don't they?<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Interesting data: 1) beautiful egg cup offered in 1987 to the collector by the Aikin family, from Australia [eggcup0676]; 2) resin egg cup produced by French company Silea [eggcup3915]; 3) fine china egg cup produced by British firm Wade [eggcup4170]; 4) hand-paited, signed "F.P." and "Aust." [eggcup2293]<br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152898198299282582007-09-08T19:28:00.000+02:002007-08-09T22:17:05.125+02:00Figural wooden egg cups<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%203439.1.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%200879.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev2378.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1153.1.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/egg%20cup%200928.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Figural wooden egg cups were born quite a longtime before the now more popular figural plastic egg cups. Easy to manufacture — especially since machines can make them—, shock-resistant and light weighted, they are not only very common as children egg cups, but also as souvenir pieces.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Details on the selected figural wooden egg cups: 1) German egg cups, probably from the 1950s [eggcup3439]; 2) marked <span style="font-style: italic;">"Erzgebirgische Volkskunst: Expertic, Made in German Democratic Republic"</span> [eggcu</span>p0879]; 3) signed by Cecilia Brugge <span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span>[eggcup2378]; 4) bought in Belgium in 2000 [eggcup1153]; 5) 4 egg cups on guitar-shaped plate [eggcup0928].<br /><br />If you like wooden egg cups, don't forget to check the <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/wooden-egg-cups.html">Non-figural wooden egg cups post</a>.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1153088549583982982007-09-02T23:43:00.000+02:002007-09-02T23:43:36.072+02:00Funny figural egg cups<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1452.0.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/eggcup%200427.0.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/smiley%20egg%20cup%203850.0.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev1720.0.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Smile! Here comes your soft-boiled egg.<br /><br />Details of featured egg cups: 1) alien egg cup, marked Silly [eggcup1452]; 2) no further info [eggcup0427]; 3) Smiley egg cup [eggcup3850]; 4) W.C. egg cup [eggcup1720].<br /><br />Please note that you might also find quite funny some of the egg cups featured on the <a style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0)" href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/10/carlton-ware-egg-cups.html">Carlton Ware egg cups</a> post. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1153123999822621082007-08-12T10:11:00.000+02:002007-10-10T15:36:26.636+02:00Figural souvenir egg cups<div align="justify"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev1130.0.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1310.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev3445.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/portauovo%201049.0.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev1817.jpg" border="0" /><br />A selection of elaborated souvenir egg cups... just to subtley remind you wherever you might chose to go on holiday, if you do have holidays, there's a chance they do sell egg cups! And they could even be nice, original ones.<br /></div><div align="justify">Details from the egg cups featured: 1) Belgian souvenir ceramic egg cup [eggcup1130]; 2) marked "Paris Musées", designed by Paul Mathieu, produced by Arthus Bertrand, inspired in a piece from Paris' Musée Carnavalet [eggcup1310]; 3) marked "Antoni Gaudí, 1852-1926" [eggcup3445]; 4) Jersey souvenir [eggcup1049]; 5) Irisih leprechaun [eggcup1817].</div><div align="justify"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152901579820732892007-08-10T20:24:00.000+02:002007-10-10T15:37:01.840+02:00Animal egg cups<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev2303.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%204399.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/2464.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev1360.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/2275.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">We have already seen some very well represented species in previous messages but here comes a selection with the rare animals from the egg cup world, in a variety of styles. </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Zoological details: 1) hand-painted, made in China for US company Department 56, partly specialised in collectibles [eggcup2303]; 2) fine china, hand painted, designed by Loretta Jones for a series of egg cups issued monthly by The Franklin Mint company (United Kingdom) in 1988, currently sold out [eggcup4399]; 3) hand painted [eggcup2464]; 4) Greek souvenir egg cup [eggcup1360]; 5) originally sold by Marks & Spencer's stores [eggcup2275].<br /></div><br />If you collect animal egg cups or simply enjoy their view, don't hesitate to go back to the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/little-chicken-egg-cups.html">Little chicken egg cups post</a>, or the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/poultry-egg-cups.html">Poultry egg cups</a> one.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-12923117912892863692007-07-18T14:28:00.000+02:002007-07-21T14:33:42.022+02:00Buying egg cups in Berlin (the pics)<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDJWxf03DuZs0Tds3oIvoeZgn4Pbo-T0rQ13yvK8a2pJPHx_aZ6YSiQmwBFuOhWzFUv4Fmvv4SpFH-I2NcCKHgiU09Y_xw2wUYCz5QnTRrlMCbC7n65zmlMuyUszjgrSX5PtQEA/s1600-h/eierbech1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDJWxf03DuZs0Tds3oIvoeZgn4Pbo-T0rQ13yvK8a2pJPHx_aZ6YSiQmwBFuOhWzFUv4Fmvv4SpFH-I2NcCKHgiU09Y_xw2wUYCz5QnTRrlMCbC7n65zmlMuyUszjgrSX5PtQEA/s320/eierbech1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwn6Hom366ihZY9Z1VKFFtBVPsthObEpGbb2RmMC0uCEipLMuPTZtnq3eFi4D7voffrZMlkfjlOeR7u9P9OB9mWBYT6dRjWPvcTitam08u_ezEOyp4ECS_w7qgPzpmkvYWUO5VQ/s1600-h/eierbech3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwn6Hom366ihZY9Z1VKFFtBVPsthObEpGbb2RmMC0uCEipLMuPTZtnq3eFi4D7voffrZMlkfjlOeR7u9P9OB9mWBYT6dRjWPvcTitam08u_ezEOyp4ECS_w7qgPzpmkvYWUO5VQ/s320/eierbech3.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqz_Mp6CY2KDOeBg7cEZauDQY636hTnCf5bET5Q0y4r0e_mgtLaxQ7tCCMlXPX6rjf1Z6Mii9cHTRwouVPti1gs_1AzVnVTyBs9qhbBv-zpET-esSI6BJhTa1Oux8x7gJBVPWlQ/s1600-h/Photo+berlin+053.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqz_Mp6CY2KDOeBg7cEZauDQY636hTnCf5bET5Q0y4r0e_mgtLaxQ7tCCMlXPX6rjf1Z6Mii9cHTRwouVPti1gs_1AzVnVTyBs9qhbBv-zpET-esSI6BJhTa1Oux8x7gJBVPWlQ/s320/Photo+berlin+053.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7pIrlRzb4ZgK__O-N_iaiEvp4_hZciQyy6l3mpo2ogan03i-d_CN8GETDYIkmq5BnREdtSfK3_PEkNRxQr7zgMxDRbkVZ_2zaofuW3N0xhP5qgu4VgyeNc8kCQZeQBXbkfbIsg/s1600-h/eierbech5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7pIrlRzb4ZgK__O-N_iaiEvp4_hZciQyy6l3mpo2ogan03i-d_CN8GETDYIkmq5BnREdtSfK3_PEkNRxQr7zgMxDRbkVZ_2zaofuW3N0xhP5qgu4VgyeNc8kCQZeQBXbkfbIsg/s320/eierbech5.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />The already announced pictures! <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-39068879750188045192007-07-17T21:46:00.000+02:002007-07-21T14:31:58.448+02:00Buying egg cups in Berlin<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088255058802836338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwrgM8Rv2PLK7iyEBProlbnqm1sjqW1p4222QWYSI3qp_mcP-l8tZBPDrWBu6zL9YxaDfhNdelIGh0173q1wvLyqP4gROIw8BSfyKYmWzpnBCOuct9OXRmJ8hovdKwT8hNlfWuw/s320/eierbech58.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="justify">Exceptionally here come just some pictures recently taken in Berlin, where vintage plastic egg cups seem to be getting more fashionable than ever. If you happen to go there, make sure you don't leave the city without some vintage DDR Eierbechern! </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152896151688632242007-03-14T18:53:00.000+01:002007-07-04T16:39:16.040+02:00Souvenir egg cups<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%201819.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/eierbecher%200576.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/eierbecher%200576.jpg" border="0" /></a><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%200513.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%204598.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/eggcup%201458.1.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev0898.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/eggcup%200640.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Marketing egg cups as souvenir objects was a great contribution for the popularity of egg cups. Indeed, their small size and light weight makes them a very practical choice, and they have been used as 'souvenir' for decades and decades and in a wide variety of locations. Cautious travellers do prefer them in resistant materials such as metal and wood. Collectors have a preference for unique designs, as well as a particular sensibility for general accordance between the style of the egg cup and the place or monument to be remembered.<br /><br />Tourist information: 1) Greece [eggcup1819]; 2) Postojna (Slovenia) [eggcup0576]; 3) Creete, with "hand made" mark, probably marketed by Neofitou [eggcup0513]; 4) piece illustrating the souvenir egg cups known as 'pinklustre', souvenir of the UK's Houses of Parliament [eggcup4598]; 5) Col d'Aubisque (France) [eggcup1458]; 6) Menin Gate (Belgium) [eggcup0898]; 7) Jerusalem [eggcup0640].</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152892223049352432007-03-07T17:48:00.000+01:002007-07-04T16:19:06.592+02:00Figural ceramic egg cups<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/egg%20cup%200351.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev2438.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%200153.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">If you can imagine something, we can imagine a ceramic egg cup with the shape of whatever you imagine. More astonishingly, we don't really need to imagine anything: hundreds of figural ceramic egg cups are already out there.<br /><br />Fascinating details: 1) probably made in England, 1980s [eggcup0351]; 2) probably made in Japan, date unknown [eggcup2438]; 3) probably made in Italy, 1980s [eggcup0153].<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158349345178040442007-02-28T21:40:00.000+01:002007-05-01T09:38:52.698+02:00Double egg cups: twins<div align="justify"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/459257/1823.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/89675/1672.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1591.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/huev%200821.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%200821.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Are these for very hungry people? Or for very close relatives? The proved fact is that they are called 'twins'.<br /><br />Unique details: 1) Aberdovey (Wales) souvenir egg cup, produced by Bukfast, a Devon company which made the same model also for other places [eggcup1823]; 2) Carlton Ware egg cup, marked "<em>Carlton Ware, Gourmet, England</em>", [eggcup1672]; 3) Irish egg cup [eggcup1591]; 4) bought in Brussels, 1988 [eggcup0821].</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">If you are looking for Carlton Ware pieces, remember to check our <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/10/carlton-ware-egg-cups.html"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Carlton Ware egg cups</span></a> post, where you can see for instance the <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/0504.jpg"><span style="color:#339999;">Hovis Bakery egg cup</span></a> or this <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/3979.jpg"><span style="color:#339999;">Walking Ware egg cup</span></a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152891028282934722007-02-22T17:23:00.000+01:002007-04-30T23:38:36.442+02:00Famous characters: plastic egg cups<div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev2508.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev1706bis.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev1678.1.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/eggcup2442.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/eggcup2442.0.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Be careful! They are not toys.</p><br /><p align="left"></p><p align="justify">Not so famous details: 1) Victoria Plum egg cup, marketed in 1981 by H.C. Ford & Sons (London, UK) [eggcup2508]; 2) Basil Brush egg cup, produced by Wing's in Hong Kong [eggcup1706]; 3) Big Ears egg cup (from the Noddy family) [eggcup1678]; 4) Muttley's egg cup (Hanna-Barbera), originally offered with Quickbrew tea [eggcup2442]. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158313789270920712007-02-15T11:48:00.000+01:002007-04-30T23:19:19.382+02:00Heart-shaped egg cups<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/232356/1440.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%203006.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/huev%200073.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%200073.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />You don't need to have an egg cup shaped heart to love egg cups.<br /><br /><div align="justify">Lovely details: 1) made by Koziol (Germany), model created in 1985, exists in various colours [eggcup1440] ; 2) advertising egg cup for Belgian Passendale cheese [eggcup3006]; 3) sold in Italy at the beginning of the 1980s [eggcup0073]. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158313484853703832007-02-07T11:43:00.000+01:002007-04-30T23:08:22.254+02:00Anthropomorphic ceramic egg cups<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%202345.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%202395.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%204098.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/huev%201721.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%201721.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Well, they all are egg heads, arguably.<br /><br /><div align="justify">Details for the people: 1) hand-made in Nuremberg (Germany), in 2002 [eggcup2345]; 2) sold by particular from the UK [eggcup2395]; 3) Erin egg cup, made in China for Ganz (USA), it's one of the 12 models designed by Susan Paley for the Bella Casa collection [eggcup4098]; 4) "I'm an egg head" egg cup, made by Kreiss (USA) [eggcup1721]. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158306654199959552007-02-01T09:48:00.000+01:002007-04-30T22:52:30.141+02:00Egg cups with characters famous mainly in the UK<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%204159.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%204888.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/huev%204887.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%204887.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p align="justify">Yes, they are really famous over there, and everybody knows their names! (at least that's what we have been told)</p><br /><div align="justify"><p></p><p align="justify">Truly interesting details, at a global level: 1) Sooty egg cup, made in the 1960s by Keele Street Pottery, from Stoke On Trent (UK), from a series of six Sooty egg cups [eggcup4159]; 2) Sydney egg cup, made in Stoke On Trent (UK) in 1999 by Wade company, Sidney is a character from the Tetley Tea Folk family [eggcup4888] 3) Gaffer (another Tetley Tea Folk family member) made in Stoke On Trent (UK), by Wade, 1999 [eggcup4887].</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158351960386984892007-01-27T22:24:00.000+01:002007-02-12T12:35:15.698+01:00Egg in saucer<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1738.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/918833/0173.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/0109.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/968794/1422.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1083.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%202111.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/0697.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/922552/0337.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Not all egg cups are footed. In some cases the egg has to be placed at <em>"zero level</em>", maybe as a strategy to avoid damages produced during an eventual fall. We have classified this type of pieces under the title "<em>egg in saucer</em>" because they lack any official denomination, at least as far as we know. Some egg cup experts (yes, egg cup experts exist!) call them "<em>bavarian</em>", particularly when they are rounded have have the hole for the egg right in the middle. It seems, indeed, that originally this rounded non-footed cups were specially popular in Germany, and less in other countries. Nowadays, nevertheless, they can be found anywhere, and they are not always rounded, and we won't complain. </div><br /><div align="justify">Interesting details on the featured pieces: 1) bought in Belgium [eggcup1738]; 2) bought in Germany, 1983 [eggcup0173]; 3) no info ; 4) Cerámicas Arcola (Manises, Spain) [eggcup1422] 5) marked "Chodziez, Made in Poland", but probably not from the Chodziez company [eggcup1083]; 6) Gmunder Keramik (Austria); 7) made bu Guzzini (Italy) [eggcup0697]; 8) made in Deruta (Italy), 1980s [0337]. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">You can find more egg cups of this type in previous posts. Check, for instance: <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/egg-cups-in-unusual-materials.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Egg cups in unusual materials</span></a>, where you will find this <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev4647.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Culto egg cup</span></a>; <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/modern-design-ceramic-egg-cups.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Modern design ceramic egg cups</span></a>, where you will see a <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev4704.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Gargantua light green egg cup</span></a>; or even the <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/famous-characters-transfer-egg-cups.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Famous characters transfers post</span></a>, for a <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev2277.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Barbie egg cup</span></a>. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152891886348638012007-01-20T17:43:00.000+01:002007-02-12T12:37:03.152+01:00Speedy & Friends egg cups<div align="justify"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/eierbecher3532.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/60096/2059.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/715106/4829.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/61006/huev%202148.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev2150.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev3943.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/2150.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/3393.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />Is this post-modernism? Is this non-sense? Is this art? Speedy & Friends egg cups, produced by the German company Casablanca, seem to offer infinite declinations of the same essential subject: half an egg with feet. Classified in different families and sub-families, Speedy's Friends cover more or less all modern human activities and events: sports, hobbies, important moments in life, jobs, ... whatever you can think about, it has probably been represented in a Speedy & Friends <em>Eierbecher</em>. These egg cups are not only all designed with extravagant imagination; they are also hand-painted with precious care. Moreover, Casablanca sells also plenty of irrelevant accessories such as transparent plastic balls to have your Speedy & Friends egg cups floating around your home. We are fans.</div><p align="justify"></p><br /><div align="justify"><p></p><p align="justify">Interesting details, especially dedicated to Speedy & Friends collectors: 1) model called <em>"Runny, der Dauerläufer</em>", bought in 2004 from the second limited edition [eggcup3532]; 2) <em>"Klumpy, der Natursbuche</em>", marketed in 2000 [eggcup2059]; 3) "<em>Hotti: Freund der Pferde</em>", bought in 2006 [eggcup4829]; 4) "<em>Baby Rose, das Schnullegirl</em>", marketed in 2000 [eggcup2148]; 5) "<em>Nikolo, der gestiefelte Santa</em>" [eggcup2150]; 6) "<em>Plantschy, der Nichtschwimmer</em>", from the Sommer family; 7) "<em>Stürmi, der Volltreffer</em>", marketed in 2000 [eggcup2149]; 8) "<em>Torty</em>" from the <em>"Hochzeit</em>", sold under the slogan "<em>Ei love you!"</em> [eggcup3393].</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1153071507943528982007-01-12T19:36:00.000+01:002007-02-12T12:38:58.890+01:00Most innovative and original egg cups<p align="justify"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/3381.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/963128/huev%201984.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/2357.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev4557.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev4171.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/2154.jpg" border="0" /><br />The future of egg cups depends probably less on their capacity to hold eggs than in their ability to surprise the consumer. The more they look like gadgets or even works of art, the more complicated it will be for normal people (meaning "non egg cup collectors") to ignore them. The present selection shows some of our favourite pieces with astonishing designs.</p><p align="justify">Intersting details (well, at least we think they are): 1) "Wiesenglück" egg cup, designed in 1998 by Anne Hubinger and marketed in 2001 by No.Nonsens, sold at Das Möbel in Vienna (Austria) [eggcup3381]; 2) Prydlig egg cup, sold by Ikea, made in China in 1999 [eggcup1984]; 3) Olaf egg cup, designed by Meyer Design for Koziol, sold in 2001 [eggcup2357]; 4) Eggy egg cup, designed by Frits Vink, produced by Cleverline for ZHO Innovation [eggcup4557]; 5) Inflate egg cup, designed by Michael Sodeau [eggcup4171]; 6) "EinEiige Zwillinge" egg cup, designed by M. Roling and V. Zitzmann for Take 2 [eggcup2154]. </p><p align="justify">If you like special egg cups, don't forget to check the <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/rare-artistic-egg-cups.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Rare artistic egg cups</span></a> post.</p><p align="justify">If you enjoy modern design, you might be interested in <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/09/wmf-egg-cups.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">WMF egg cups</span></a>, <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/09/leonardo-egg-cups.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Leonardo egg cups</span></a>, or our general selections on <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/modern-design-ceramic-egg-cups.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Modern design ceramic egg cups</span></a>, <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/modern-design-metal-egg-cups.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Modern design metal egg cups</span></a> or <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/07/modern-design-plastic-egg-cups.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Modern design plastic egg cups</span></a>. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158347841079030642007-01-05T21:12:00.000+01:002007-02-12T12:41:42.926+01:00Egg is the message<div align="justify"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1313.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/173454/0605.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/871080/0581.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/302430/0902.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/784584/0780.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/541882/0996.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/981584/2042.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/0556.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/161223/0116.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/398735/0081.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/0819.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1365.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%203825.jpg" border="0" /><br />In case you wondered what you should put in them... now you know!</div><div align="justify"><br />1) marked "<em>Boiled egg</em>", made in Britain by Bridgewater, "<em>Toast & Marmalade</em>" series [eggcup1313] 2) "<em>Huevo</em>", made by Happy Decor (Spain) [eggcup0605]; 3) "<em>huevo</em>", "<em>egg</em>", "<em>Ei</em>", "<em>uovo</em>", "<em>oeuf</em>", made by Thomas (Rosenthal) (Germany) [eggcup0581]; 4) "<em>An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome, Jane Austen</em>" (reference to "Emma"), Fine white stoneware egg cup made in Scotland for Dunoon [eggcup0902]; 5) marked "<em>Oeuf</em>" [eggcup0780]; 6) marked "<em>ei</em>" [eggcup0996]; 7) marked "<em>chicken egg"</em> [eggcup2042] 8) "<em>uovo"</em> [eggcup0556]; 9) "<em>El otro huevo de Colón</em>" [eggcup0116]; 10) marked "<em>uovo</em>" [0081]; 11) marked "<em>Huevo</em>", made by Happy Decor (Spain); 12) marked "<em>ei</em>" [eggcup1365]; 13) marked "<em>ik love ei</em>" [eggcup3825]</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1152899288016496082006-12-24T19:45:00.000+01:002007-02-13T21:01:44.355+01:00Christmas egg cups<p align="justify"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev3468.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev3192.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/153754/4091.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/869347/desp14.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/553531/1206.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/2211/huev%201941.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev1205.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/782217/0111.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%201929.jpg" border="0" />Merry Christmas to all egg cup collectors and egg cup lovers! </p><p align="justify">Details concerning the featured pieces: 1) designed by Eddie Walker for Seasons of Cannon Falls (United States), made in China, sold for the Christmas of 2003 [eggcup3468]; 2) produced by Maebata (Japan), from the "Merry Christmas" collection [eggcup3192]; 3) made in Japan [eggcup4091]; 4) made in Japan, sold with the previous one [huevdesp14]; 5) wooden egg cup [eggcup1206]; 6) marked "<em>Fine China</em>" and "<em>Made in England</em>" [eggcup1941] 7) wooden egg cup [eggcup1205]; 8) china [eggcup0111]; 9) has a "<em>Japan</em>" sticker [eggcup1929]. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158266786936461112006-12-05T22:43:00.000+01:002007-02-13T21:01:17.123+01:00Very similar egg cups 2<p align="justify"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4057/954/200/876889/0709.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/0490.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%204223.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/1600/huev%200019.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%200019.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Welcome to the second post of our series exploring the notion of 'originality' in the world of egg cups! Today we examine four pieces that seem to be part of the same family of reading eggs, but were actually aren't. Read carefully.</p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify">Amazing details: 1) this egg cup, where the soft-boiled egg is supposed to read an imaginary version of German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine, was produced by the German company Harlekin, it has a sticker marked ""<em>Original Handarbeit, Made in Germany, Harlekin</em>" and was bought in Germany in 1988 [eggcup0709]; 2) here the soft-boiled egg reads Le Figaro, the egg cup has a sticker marked "<em>Harlekin Geschenke-Wiesbaden</em>" and ""<em>Vergiss nicht die schönen Dinge des Lebens</em>", and it was bought in France in 1986 [eggcup0490]; 3) in this case the soft-boiled egg reads a realistic Financial Times dated from March 1988, and there is no mark, and no sticker [eggcup4223]; 4) here the soft-boiled egg reads a Women magazine, the egg cup was bought in London in 1982 and seems to be, therefore, the oldest of the four. Is it the 'original' one, or was its design inspired from another model? The question remains open!</p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify">To see our first post on egg cups that remind us of other egg cups, please check the <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/10/very-similar-egg-cups.html"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Very similar egg cups</span></a> post.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31125419.post-1158334594970537912006-11-28T17:34:00.000+01:002007-02-12T22:07:09.694+01:00Goebel egg cups<div align="justify"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/0430.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1763.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/0769.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1726.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/huev%202273.jpg" border="0" /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4057/954/200/1091.jpg" border="0" /><br />Are Goebel egg cups more popular than Carlton Ware ones, or the other way around? I don't know, but I know that some of the Goebel models are absolute classics and must-haves in the world of egg cup collecting. The company, born in Türingen in 1871, is actually a reference name for collecting in general. Unlike Carlton, Goebel is still active, and it is still regularly bringing new models to the market - particularly with rabbits. </div><div align="justify"><br />Details that collectors might find valuable: 1) this piece was produced between 1979 and 1986; catalog number is 81-120; marked "<em>Goebel, W. Germany</em>"; 2) Friar Tuck, registered as "<em>E 95A</em>", marked"Western Germany", this model, created by Wolf, was produced between 1965 and 1990 [eggcup1763]; 3) marked "<em>Copyright by W. Goebel W. Germany, 1966, E128</em>", this model was designed by Ebert [eggcup0769]; 4) bouhgt in 2000 [eggcup1726]; 5) model produced between 1964 and 1971, it exists also with other colours [eggcup2273]; 6) marked "<em>Goebel, W. Germany, E121</em>".<br /><br />To check Carlton Ware's egg cups, please go to the <a href="http://eggcups.blogspot.com/2006/10/carlton-ware-egg-cups.html"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Carlton Ware egg cups</span></a> post. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com