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Title: Pressed glass emu type egg cup
Post by: Anne E.B. on July 15, 2009, 03:43:17 PM

I'm sure this eggcup (?) has been featured some time in the past but I can't track it down.  It looks to be old.  Not even sure what type of bird it is - perhaps an emu?
Any help would be much appreciated :)

Title: Re: Pressed glass emu type egg cup
Post by: Carolyn Preston on July 16, 2009, 12:15:56 AM

Looks like an emu to me  :thup:

Carolyn

Title: Re: Pressed glass emu type egg cup
Post by: Cathy B on July 16, 2009, 03:12:02 AM

Is the shape on the left the head, with the beak stretching down to the ground? If so, it's definitely not an emu (which is like an ostrich), nor a kiwi (which has characteristically thin, curved beak). It looks to me like some sort of water bird - but then I'm not actually sure which lump is what piece of anatomy. :)

Title: Re: Pressed glass emu type egg cup
Post by: krsilber on July 16, 2009, 03:38:44 PM

Stork perhaps?  I agree with Cathy, doesn't look like an emu to me.

Title: Re: Pressed glass emu type egg cup
Post by: taylog1 on July 16, 2009, 04:27:25 PM

looks like a marabou stork to me

one in majolica  http://www.rubylane.com/shops/squirrelsnest/item/60316002

Matt version - first picture http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q=Glass+Egg+Cup+-+Pressed+Glass+Stork&aq=f&oq=



Gareth

Title: Re: Pressed glass emu type egg cup
Post by: johnphilip on July 16, 2009, 04:48:28 PM

Thats got to be a stork , thats the one thing i am good at  bird watching , well a few years ago . :-[

Title: Re: Pressed glass emu type egg cup
Post by: Anne E.B. on July 17, 2009, 03:33:19 PM

Beak on the left hand side ;D  Haven't a clue as to what kind of bird it's meant to be, and emu was the first thing that came to mind.
It looks to be the same as the matt version that Gareth shows.

Title: Re: Pressed glass emu type egg cup
Post by: Carolyn Preston on July 17, 2009, 11:22:54 PM

If you look at the egg cup as being on top of the beak, it is definitely an emu.

If you look at the beak as being down the left side (in the matt, one it is on the right side) it is definitely a stork.

So pleased I could help  :24:

Carolyn