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A cream colored ostrich egg with bands of incised carving, suggesting Egyptian influence. The carving is in three bands: the top suggests hieroglyphics; the middle shows figures in action hunting, boating, etc. as well as one motif showing three peaks- possibly the pyramids; the bottom band shows a repeated figure wearing a turban.
pictures (two-dimensional representations)
glassblowing
carving (processes)
eggshell (animal material)
glass (material)
Egyptian (ancient)
Egyptian Revival
hieroglyphics
Eggshell
Blown
Egyptian
Carved
Hieroglyphics
PICTURE, EGG
Used At Stow-Day House,
Unknown
Africa
6.5 (H), 5.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.960
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