Sublime little egg cups, sold in pairs for your petit dejeuner. Pair with our matching Pompeii Coffee Pots & Espresso Cups to complete the look. These egg cups are handmade in Italy. Please allow 10-12 weeks for delivery if items are not in stock at time of order placement.

Say good morning to our newest addition in the Pompeii collection. Sublime little egg cups, sold in pairs for your petit dejeuner. Pair with our matching are handmade in Italy. PRE-ORDER - Please allow 10-12 weeks for delivery.

Mar 26, 2016 · The Egg tells his story … refers to the definition: “Small cup, small support to serve a cooked egg in its shell.” This object dates from 1520, although it would seem that the Romans ate soft boiled eggs: we could extract from the ruins of Pompeii four egg cups in a set of objects.

Sep 28, 2023 · Egg cups may no longer be a lavish item only for the wealthy and elite, but they hold centuries of casual opulence. The oldest known egg cup, a silver one, was found in the ashy ruins of Pompeii in 79 AD. Turkish mosaics in the city also showed scenes of people using them.

Egg cup collectors are called pocillovists. Plug in a search for antique or vintage egg cups on the Internet and you’ll get a plethora of these pudgy little containers, loved by generations (a silver egg cup was found in the ruins of Pompeii) for serving hard or soft boiled eggs within the shell.

Say good morning to our newest addition in the Pompeii collection. Sublime little egg cups, sold in pairs for your petit dejeuner. Pair with our matching Pompeii Espresso Cups to complete the look. Dimensions - 2" diameter, 2.5" high These egg cups are handmade in Italy.

An egg cup or eggcup, sometimes called an egg server, is an item of tableware used for serving and holding boiled eggs within their shell. Egg cups have an upwardly concave portion to hold the egg and a flat-bottomed base.

Feb 6, 2017 · Egg cups were said to date back to the city of Pompeii in 3 A.D., and some were found in the ruins after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that both buried the town and preserved it. Turkish mosaics found in the city showed people using egg cups.

The earliest record of eggcups was found in 3 A.D. in the ruins of the city of Pompeii. Pompeii was preserved under lava and ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. and completely buried the city. Turkish mosaics found in the city showed scenes of people dining, many of …

The earliest known silver egg cup was found in the ruins of Pompeii, dated around 79AD, although egg cups have been seen even earlier in mosaics dating from around 3AD, albeit not in silver.