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Did You Know -
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That Pocillovist is the name for egg-cup collectors
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That the earliest recorded images of egg cups appear in a Turkish mosaic dating from 3AD and examples were found among the ruins of Pompeii from 79AD
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That there is a egg cup collectors club www.eggcupworld.co.uk
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Silver egg cups, made in the 19th century were often gilded inside. This was to prevent the sulphur from the egg staining the silver.
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The double egg cup became very popular in the 1930's. The smaller end would be used to serve a boiled egg in the usual way. The larger end was used to serve the egg chopped, mixed with salt and pepper and eaten with a spoon or fork.
