The Rockwell

This Fall, The Rockwell Museum celebrates its 40th Anniversary. Kirsty Buchanan, Curator of Collections, provided Symposium attendees with a look at new exhibits in the Museum. Also shown were pictures of Rockwell’s Department Store, including this one of Bob Rockwell.

Are 2016 Eggs Bigger than 1920’s Eggs?

At the Symposium John Stranges presented his Ivory and Black collection. One item created a discussion. What was it for. Debby Schultz suggested it was an egg cup.

Debby submitted this picture and commentary with a picture of an egg in the cup.

1) More commentary follows. First from Scott Hansen.

I was in the egg cup camp at the Symposium but after seeing Debbie Schultz’s photo I now wonder. If nothing else, smaller eggs will definitely need to be eaten from these egg cups. I don’t think this is shape 2006. The curves of the bowl and the base are different and the line drawings shows the bottom dimension as 4.5 inches, much larger than these cups. I also should point out the knob in the egg cup which isn’t found in the 2006 like drawing. The search continues.

2) Terry Smith suggests:

Hi, Alan

Ooops, the line drawing for Steuben shape #2006 (on our website) does not match the 6 items in the photograph. Actually, not even close. Cigarette Holders, with “ashtray feet,” were a fairly common item produced by most all the glassmakers . . . “back then.” The website Shape Gallery does not allow one to search for egg cups, which I am fairly confident that these examples were/are today. I have never dined on soft-boiled eggs, but would love to IF they were being served in a similarly shaped piece of Steuben. Well, okay I would suffer-through if the egg cup was made by someone else. Since they were purchased together (as a set?) I would be surprised that the original owner would have six cigarette holders, but would expect people to have multiple egg cups for family or guests
at breakfast time.