Most innovative and original egg cups

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.

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].

If you like special egg cups, don't forget to check the Rare artistic egg cups post.

If you enjoy modern design, you might be interested in WMF egg cups, Leonardo egg cups, or our general selections on Modern design ceramic egg cups, Modern design metal egg cups or Modern design plastic egg cups.

Rare artistic egg cups

In the world of egg cup collecting there's a long list of what could be called must-have pieces: the Carlton, Goebel and other Royal Copenhagen's egg cups that everybody talks about, writes about and bets on. But, at the same time, there's an uncountable number of beautiful confidential egg cups waiting to be patiently discovered and carefully looked at. These are some of the most appreciated hand-made egg cups of the collection. Some of them are unique pieces, others are very limited.

Known details: 1) Pyrography art by Daniel Fuster Brunet, 1991, Barbastro (Spain) [eggcup1033]; 2) made by Jenaro Paricio Loscos, in Belmonte de San José (Spain) [eggcup3990]; 3) made and signed by J.L. [eggcup3487]; 4) made and signed by A. F. [eggcup1210]; 5) made by NS Porcelaines studio, St Éanne (France); 6) made by Belinda Brayshaw [eggcup1022].

Please note that you can find more aesthetically rewarding egg cups almost everywhere around this blog; if you like this Philippe Lehmann's piece, you can move directly to the Integral saucer egg cups selection; if you prefer the Early Bird egg cup created by Veit Mahlmann, you should jump to the Leonardo egg cups post.