Given that Pompeii was engulfed by a volcanic eruption in AD79, it shows the Romans were using egg cups before then
HE egg cup could very well win the prize for the most overlooked item in a china collection. Plates and platters get put out on display, stacks of bowls gleam cheerfully, mugs hang from dresser hooks or are carefully arranged to be within a convenient distance of the kettle. By contrast, in the vast majority of households, the egg cups usually lurk at the back of a cupboard or a shelf, gathering dust, unless there’s a soft-boiled-egg aficionado in residence. They are frequently mismatched, often bought or acquired as an afterthought, making it all too easy to forget that the humble egg cup boasts an impressively long
