Decorated emu egg showing a farm scene (pasture, fence, trees, barn, and two horses in the foreground). It is a naturally dark shell. It is skillfully carved to incorporate the natural color changes (grey to white) into its design. The scene is bordered by one band of outside color and one of medium grey with zig-zag lines.
pictures (two-dimensional representations)
glassblowing
carving (processes)
eggshell (animal material)
incising
glass (material)
farms
scenes (depictions)
Eggshell
Carved
Blown
Incised
Farm
Scenic
PICTURE, EGG
Incised at the bottom of the scene is: V. LUND
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Possibly Lund, V. (Maker)
Australia
5.5 (H), 3.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.954
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