Spotted stickware egg on handle

Object/Artifact

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Name/Title

Spotted stickware egg on handle

Entry/Object ID

2021.2.34

Description

Large stickware egg on curved handle with four light-colored spots. Egg finished with angular knop and tapers into a delicate neck before curving out and back into rounded knop and ball knop at the end of handle. Ball knop has a deep hole from carving. Slightly varnished with signs of use around top of egg.

Collection

Carolyn Headley Darner Collection

Category

Tools

Acquisition

Accession

2021.2

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

darning eggs

Dimensions

Height

20 cm

Material

Wood

Research Notes

Notes

Reference: p. 63 in "Darn It!"