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Egg Container

Unique, Ostrich Egg Container on Amethyst Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large, hand decorated ostrich egg container featuring a gilded interior. The whole mounted on a
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2010s Italian Decorative Boxes

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Amethyst, Sterling Silver

Silver Plated "Super Egg" by Piet Hein
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A silver-plated brass "Super Egg" container and sculpture.
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Vintage 1960s Danish Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Sterling Silver 'Super Egg' by Piet Hein for Georg Jensen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A sterling silver 'Super Egg' container and sculpture. ?Piet Hein described the super-ellipse as a
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Vintage 1960s Danish Decorative Boxes

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Metal

1970’s Mid Century Egg Shape Coffee Storage Container With Coffee Beans Cover
By Arthur Arbesser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique Egg Shape with a coffee bean cover - probably to store coffee grains or anything you feeling
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Lucite

Mexican Burnished Clay Chicken Kitchen Hen Egg Basket Decoration Hen Brown
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This Mexican ceramic hen is an egg basket/container, perfect to keep eggs fresh -- a utilitarian
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2010s Mexican Folk Art Decorative Baskets

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Ceramic, Clay

An American Porcelain Passover Salt Water Dish, Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
, applied to the underside of the egg-shaped container. The opening at the top is jagged and resembles a
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Vintage 1920s American Porcelain

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Porcelain

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Studio Ceramic Container by Hilkka-Liisa Ahola for Arabia, Finland
By Hilkka-Liisa Ahola
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A unique egg-form ceramic container with a hand-painted neo-folk art motif in muted, semi-metallic
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Vintage 1960s Finnish Ceramics

Set of Five Silver, Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Egg Containers
Located in London, GB
, these eggs are highly precious and collectable items. The collection includes two large eggs (one
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20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

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Enamel, Silver

Antique German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Duck Backpack Basket
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a lithograph of a duck walking
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Antique German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Rooster Rabbit Chicks
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring lithograph scenes of a rooster
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Antique German Paper Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Chickens Rabbit Farm
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a lithograph landscape with
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Antique German Paper Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Rabbits Chicks Flowers
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a lithograph landscape of rabbits
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Antique German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Floral Roses Gold
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a lithograph pattern of pink and
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Antique German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Rooster Chick Bird Farm
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a cartoon lithograph landscape of
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Antique German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Mrs Duck & Mr Rabbit
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a lithograph scene showing an
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Ceramic Container By Dansk
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A white ceramic egg-shaped lidded container with a brown splatter glaze.
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Container By Dansk
Ceramic Container By Dansk
H 3.5 in W 5.5 in D 3 in
Rare 1950's Decorative Egg Hen Basket by Fukawa Arita Hand Painted Japan
By Noritake
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful decorative egg basket catch it all container in a porcelain finish, by Fukawa Japan hand
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Baskets

Materials

Porcelain

Chimu Bowl by Joanna Lyle for Alessi
By Alessi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
egg-shaped containers. In good vintage condition with wear consistent with age and use, including a
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Metal

Chimu Bowl by Joanna Lyle for Alessi
Chimu Bowl by Joanna Lyle for Alessi
H 5.5 in W 10 in D 10 in
Original Vintage WWII Food Propaganda Poster By Lewitt-Him - The Vegetabull
By Jan Le Witt and George Him
Located in London, GB
background and the text below with an image of a box of dried eggs and a milk container. Very good condition
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Vintage 1940s British Posters

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Paper

Chinese Glazed Magpie Pickling Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
shoulders, mythical beasts of power and strength. Originally used to pickle eggs or vegetables, this
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Planters and Jardinieres

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Ceramic

Chinese Glazed Magpie Pickling Jar, c. 1900
Chinese Glazed Magpie Pickling Jar, c. 1900
H 28.5 in W 25.5 in D 25.5 in
Chinese Glazed Magpie Pickling Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
offering a wry bit of commentary on the vagaries of marital bliss. Originally used to pickle eggs, this
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Ceramic

1950s Majolica Glazed Ceramic Rooster Tureen Centerpiece, Italy
Located in Barcelona, ES
largest size in this kind of tureens or egg containers. This amazing and colorful hand painted glazed
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Soup Tureens

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery

Antique German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Leaping Rabbit Egg Nest
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a lithograph landscape of a
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

French Opaline Glass Egg Shaped Container with Perfume Bottle, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
French opaline glass egg shaped container with perfume bottle and gilt metal mounts, circa 1890.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Bottles

Materials

Opaline Glass

Antique German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Bunny Rabbits Chicks
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a lithograph landscape of rabbits
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Antique German Paper Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Rabbit Pussy Willow
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a lithograph of a rabbit wearing
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Antique German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Chicken Flower Basket
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a lithograph of chicks in a
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Antique German Paper Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Traveling Story Rabbit
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring an assortment of lithograph
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Antique West German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Gold Flowers Birds
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique West Germany papier mâché Easter egg candy container in metallic gold with images of
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Mid-20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

German Papier-Mâché Easter Holiday Egg-Shaped Ornament Candy Containers, S/3
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Popular during the Victorian era, this group of three German made papier-mâché egg-shaped Holiday
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Antique Late 19th Century German Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Paper

Antique 19th c Copper Egg Coddler Egg boiler with Dog Figure, German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
. Consisting of a two part egg shaped container on 3 scrolled legs, the top of the egg removes to show the
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Serving Bowls

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Metal

Early 20th Century Chinese Egg Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
to pickle eggs, this container works well today planted with green foliage indoors or out.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage English Automobile Touring Picnic Set in Black Leather Hard Case Trunk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
enamel over metal plates and cups, collapsible burner and pots for poached eggs, various containers for
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Early 20th Century Victorian Decorative Baskets

Materials

Leather

Pair of Steel Etageres Made WIth VIntage Zinc Egg Containers
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Pair of new steel etageres made with vintage zinc egg containers. Sold seperatley at $2850 each.
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20th Century American Shelves

Wide Egg -Shaped Large Mercury Glass Container
Located in Austin, TX
Wide Egg -Shaped Large Mercury Glass Container with Copperwheel engraved decoration.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Decorative Objects

Materials

Mercury Glass

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J. Antony Redmile London Ostrich Egg w/ Malachite Finial Silver Plated Box 1970s
By J. Antony Redmile
Located in St. Louis, MO
Unique footed ostrich egg box by J. Antony Redmile, accented with silver plate trim work, topped with an egg-shaped malachite finial and set atop a black lacquered wood base. Unsigne...
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Vintage 1970s British Hollywood Regency Decorative Boxes

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Malachite, Silver Plate

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Egg Container For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal egg container for your home. Frequently made of paper, metal and silver, every egg container was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect egg container — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. An egg container made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — is very popular.

How Much is a Egg Container?

Prices for an egg container can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $65 and can go as high as $6,370, while the average can fetch as much as $118.