FESTIVALS : EASTER

Title: Easter
Object Name: Egg
Description: Cardboard Easter egg, which splits into two halves. Once used to hold sweets and small gift trinkets, as an Easter gift. Outside of egg is decorated with numerous small colour round pictures of small children, playing, dancing, playing musical instruments, etc. Frill paper border along the splits and interior lining is yellow and silver patterned paper. There is also some padding for trinkets to be cushioned while stored inside the egg. This cardboard Easter egg came from Sloan's Draper's shop in Kilkeel.
Materials: cardboard
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.159.1982A

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