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A tin egg coddler with cast legs and handles.
Egg Coddler
A tin egg coddler with cast legs and handles.
A tin egg coddler with cast legs and handles.
Egg Coddler, Unknown Maker (American), 1870-1880, tin, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Egg Coddler

Maker
Date1870 - 1880
Mediumtin
Dimensions8 × 7 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches (20.3 × 19.7 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. Gerard Van Schaick.
Object number1959.22.2.a-.b
On View
Not on view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextFive eggs are lowered into boiling water and soft-boiled, or coddled, in their shell.
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