Easter egg
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
70 mm (length of largest egg); 50 mm (diameter of largest egg)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660254
Summary
A set of four hollow wooden eggs each diminishing in size. Each egg is capable of fitting another inside. They are painted or stained in the primary colours and burnished. The wood from which they were made was white in colour and soft grained. Total number of items is eight
Marks and inscriptions
Inside large red egg: 8/-