Unique Sculptural Ceramic Egg Holder with Spoon, Portugal. Late 20th century. art A piece of modest scale

A piece of modest scale

white and black graphics that were typical of post-war optimism and modernist ideology

Height: 21 - 27cm / Base Diameter: 8cm

Antonsson uses the utilitarian silhouette of this wine jug as a canvas of simple Modernist etchings with acute attention to detail

colour and composition

Unique Sculptural Ceramic Egg Holder with Spoon, Portugal. Late 20th century. art A piece of modest scaleWhimsical and thought provoking, this ceramic egg sculpture very smartly plays with appearance. Are we sitting in front of a serving plate moulded to house both the boiled egg and small spoon? Alternatively, looking from above the boiled egg does appear to become the yolk in a sunny side up fried breakfast. The crackled white glazing is a feature of its own and is not unlike the surface of cracked shells, the anonymous artist taking us on a journey