Majolica snake egg cup holder with two egg cups

Victorian, circa 1880. 3.8ins high, 5.5ins wide, 4.9ins depth. Majolica egg cup holder which features a snake wrapped around a tree trunk. Colouration: brown, green, pink, are predominant.













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Condition

Stand: Good. No restoration. Some small flakes to blackberries and snake's mouth.







Wear to the high points of the molding.





KILN EFFECTS: kiln detritus caught in the glaze to the upper base;



small firing pits to pink flowers.







Egg cups: Good. No restoration. KILN EFFECTS: shrinkage line to rim,





and kiln detritus to upper foot to one.



This piece may have originally had a cover.
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