Easter egg
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
98 mm (length); 69 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664306
Summary
A cardboard (papier mache) Easter egg in two halves. One half bears a picture of a cockerel standing on a green watering-can, with five yellow chicks around him. The other half bears a picture of a rabbit, standing upright and carrying a basket of balloons on its back. It carries a red umbrella and there are four yellow chicks with it. Around the edge of each half is a white lacy paper edging, and one half has a cardboard collar which fits into the other half. Total number of items is 2. Possibly of German origin.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs A. Davison in May 1979.