Victorian Pattern Glass Egg Cups

      Long ago and far away ...... eggs were & are eaten soft cooked in their shells. The long ago was in America and the far away is in Europe.
      Today egg cups aren't used that much but they can be found made of many materials,
including, of course, Early American Pattern Glass. Many of the early (1850 - 1870) flint patterns had an egg cup as part of their pattern line & a few patterns from later in the 1800s included an egg cup, but we are aware of no egg cups from non-flint patterns made after 1900.
      We’ll take the word of those who have actually used an egg cup; they are handy for holding those pesky cooked eggs while the shell is broken and the spoon is dipped down to bring out bites of the yolk and whites. Some Victorians reportedly emptied the entire egg(s)’ contents into the cup & mixed it with butter and toast bits. All the ones we have seen are pretty similar in size (3 3/4" - 4" tall) as you can see by comparing them with our same photogenic egg, but they are sometimes confused (even by us) with footed master salts, large wine goblets or measuring cups.
      Egg cups being among the smallest form of Victorian table glass, they are popular collectibles for reasons every collector of butter dishes, water pitchers and cake stands understands.....
      Be the first in your crowd to amaze your guests with a serving they've probably never experienced! OR use these for small servings of orange juice or other liquid refreshment.
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These three egg cups are called 'Double Egg Cups'. The larger end cups do look like egg cups but the smaller cups wouldn't hold much more than a Banty Hen's egg. It has been gently brought to our attention that all that has a shell & is runny inside is not a chicken egg. Larger fowl also laid eggs and the bigger part of these cups accommodated those created by geese, turkeys, ducks and who knows what other large feathered friends. So were they originally really egg cups or possibly measuring cups? Or something else? All three appear to be Early American Pattern Glass patterns. On the left is Hobbs/ Brockunier's BLACKBERRY pattern ca 1970s in milk glass for $65 In the center is an unknown makers CHAIN WITH THUMBPRINTS probably from the 1880s for $55 On the right is a FLINT RIBBED pattern in milk glass. $75



ARGUS pattern was made by many glass factories in the 1840s and 50s. We had 3 flint ones. SOLD	ASHBURTON is another flint pattern made by many early American glass factories. $35 See below for more.	BARBERRY is one of the earliest non-flint patterns (1860s) by McKee $35



BEADED SWIRL - this may be Duncan's #335 3.5" tall & it might be a wine. $20	BELLFLOWER by Boston Sandwich in the 1860s. We have 7, some with short base rays & some with rays to the outer base edge. All single vine, flint fine rib & $35 each	BUCKLE, EARLY by Gillinder & Sons. Has a large base chip so $15.



BUDDED IVY maker unknown in the 1870s. 2" tall. $35	DIAMOND CUT LEAF This may be a wine or interchangeable. Windsor Glass Co? c. 1880's. $32	CROSSED DISCS a pattern used by Laura Ingles Wilder in the Little House on the Prairie. $38



HAMILTON in flint was made by Cape Cod Glass Co. c.1860s. We have 2 @ $45 each	This piece is shown in Metz & identified as a double egg cup in HERCULES PILLAR pattern. It is not; it is EXCELSIOR pattern! Sorry, Alice. We are thinking that this would have made a better measuring cup than an egg cup. The larger part holds exactly 1/2 cup and the smaller part holds exactly 1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons. Whatever you call it; it is flint, 4 5/8" tall and $75.



HONEYCOMB w/ DIAMONDS a McKee pattern from 1864. It has a tiny flake under the base rim. $25	MAGNET & GRAPE w/ Stippled Leaf; non-flint by Boston Sandwich c. 1860s. It has a very faint pattern impression so $20.	Here's another HUBER flint egg cup but it has the well-known "vintage grape" engraving. SOLD



MAGNET & GRAPE w/ Stippled Leaf; non-flint by Boston Sandwich c. 1860s; a faint pattern so $20	NEW ENGLAND PINEAPPLE flint by Boston Sandwich c. 1860. We have 1 w/ roughness on the base As Is $25	NOTCHED BULLSEYE This is the tallest egg cup we've seen at 4 1/8". It is flint, milk glass by Bryce Bros. c. 1870s. $65



PRISM is a beautiful flint pattern by an unknown maker c. 1860s SOLD	RIBBED PALM is a flint McKee pattern from 1863. $45	RIPPLE is a non-flint 1860s Boston Sandwich pattern. We have 2 @ $34 each.



ROMAN KEY, Frosted is a flint Union Glass Co. pattern from 1860s. $55	SCALLOPED TAPE larger than most at 3" diam. An 1880s pattern by unknown maker. $25	SCROLL aka Stippled Scroll aka Lily (omn) thought to be a Ripley pattern c. 1880s $35



SCROLL w/ FLOWERS is a product of McKee Glass Co. c. 1880. $45	STIPPLED MEDALLION is an elusive non-flint pattern by the Union Glass Co. c. 1860s $58	STRAWBERRY & CURRANT is 2 5/8" OD at the top; 4 1/4" tall. by Dalzell, Gilmore & Leighton 1890s $55



SUNBURST aka FLATTENED SUNBURST is non-flint by Bryce Walker c. 1870s $45	TULIP & SAWTOOTH This flint piece is probably the master salt but it could be an egg cup too. Whatever, it is by Bryce Richards c. 1854 & is $65.	WAFFLE & THUMBPRINT, an early flint pattern by Curling, Robertson & Co. c. 1856 SOLD



WINDFLOWER is a rather large egg cup by an unknown maker but probably c. 1870s. $55	LOOP & DART WITH DIAMOND ORNAMENT pattern's maker is undetermined but it is dated ca. 1870s. $42	OPEN ROSE by an unknown maker in America c. 1870s. It is adequate to hold a couple of soft boiled eggs. We have 2 @ $38 each.



LOOP & DART was made by Richards & Hartley of Tarentum, PA c. 1888 $42	GRAPE BUNCH is probably a Greentown product ca. 1900. May originally have had a metal lid and been used for packing a condiment. But now its a $34 egg cup!	KALBACH 6 ROW see pic in Metz II. Maker & dates unknown. Non-flint. $38

	These 2 ASHBURTON egg cups are NON-FLINT & are both 3 3/4" tall. The one on the left has a tiny flake seen HERE. $20 The one one the right is $30.

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