Egg cup

{{Short description|Serving piece for holding boiled eggs}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} thumb|An egg cup

An '''egg cup''' or '''eggcup''', sometimes called an '''egg server''', is an item of tableware used for serving and holding boiled eggs within their shell. Egg cups have an upwardly concave portion to hold the egg and a flat-bottomed base. Egg cups can be made from a variety of materials, including bakelite, glass, plastic, porcelain, pottery, various metals, wood, or a combination of two materials, such as ceramic and wood. <gallery> File:Coquetier alu 1 01.jpg|A metal eggcup File:Eierdop op voet - INDUS V09627.JPG|Bakelite eggcup </gallery>

==History== An early silver egg cup was found in the ruins of Pompeii.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAdHup5QHxgC&q=egg+cup&pg=PA39 |title=Pompeii |first=Peter |last=Connolly |authorlink=Peter Connolly (classical scholar) |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1990 |page=39 |isbn=9780199171583}}</ref>

== As collector's items == Egg cups are collectible items. Collecting egg cups is called ''pocillovy''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Collecting egg cups: an introduction to pocillovy |last=Freeman |first=Winnie |year=1984 |location=Reigate |publisher=Wise Books}}</ref>

==See also== * Coddled egg

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * Javad Hashemi. 1998. ''The Joy of Collecting Egg Cups'', 1998 {{ISBN|0-9519288-3-X}}

Category:Serving vessels Category:Eggs in culture