I brought the "Egg on Legs" home today and I'm really pleased with it:
A little Wright's Silver Polish cleaned it up beautifully:
The scrollwork is formed in the metal, not just stamped, although the background texture is hand stamped. It's much nicer than I thought it would be:
Up-close on the scroll work:
The legs are pretty cool too, they have claw feet with little talons:
That little button on the lifting handle is ivory. I checked it with my jewelers loupe and it has a distinct criss-crossing grain. Unfortunately the seller lost the lower half, so I will have to make do with a washer and a nut to hold it in place.
There are two thumbscrews that tighten on either side of the lid so that it doesn't fall open. They unscrew and come apart so that you can remove take the whole egg apart for cleaning. The screws are marked "patent" but that's all it says.
The two interior pans are original and both are marked EPNS so they are electroplated nickel silver like the rest of the Egg. Each piece of it is struck with EPNS.
The alien ship has landed on my dining table...
