Unusual
Marvin Egg Saver Co. Multi-Tier Patented Wooden Egg Carrier This
egg crate is a super piece and it looks like it was never used! Manufactured by a small company that
was out of Vancouver, WA, this example is in wonderful original
condition. The wooden box, with its original green paint surface
and stenciled black lettering, holds 4 stacking tiers of wire and cloth
egg racks, with each tier holding 3 dozen eggs. (If you need help
doing that math, that equates out to 12 dozen eggs!) I have
included several pictures so you can see the hand-sewn details and the
fabulous condition of this piece. The box itself measures just
under 15" x 15" x 12", and the underside of the lid is
padded with cotton to protect that top layer of eggs. The patent
date of Jan. 5th 1915 along with the manufacturer's name are proudly
stenciled on the top, which is held closed by an interesting locking
handle mechanism. A great country antique!
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LCM-EC-1
Excellent.....$495.00
Wooden
Humpty Dumpty Egg Crate / Carrier This is
the mother of all egg crates with 5 or 6 stacking tiers, with each tier holding
30 eggs (eggs not included!). In natural wood finish the crate is marked
"Owosso Mfg. Co. Owosso, MICH". This one has see-through sides and an
ingenious method for opening the lid---just slide up the top rail and the lid
can shift left or right and then be removed.
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LCM-EC-2
Very Good.....$85.00
2 Egg
Scales On top is the
Reliable Egg Scale and it has a brass tag identifying it. It hails from LA.
In front is the ???? and it still has about 90% of its paper label.
Egg scales are a favorite collecting category for Kitchen collectors and
after buying one or more of the reproduction Jiffy-Ways being offered
currently in every imaginable setting the hunt for genuine ones takes over
and a real collection is begun and the hunt begins. There are hundreds
of variations that can be found from overly designed and needlessly
complicated, to the more simplistic like these. I just wonder who was
weighing their eggs and why.
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Ml-EGGSC-1 CYN-EGGSC-1
Very Good ..... $40.00 / choice
Oakes Egg
Scale
ML-EGGSC-2
Very Good ..... $30.00
4
New-Old-Stock Egg
Crates All four of these cardboard egg crates are
different. Original and vintage, and perfect for the general store
display.
ML-EGG-CR1
Very Good ..... $12.00 / all
The
Perfect Patented Egg Cutting Guide What a stupid idea
this thing was! A guide for making the perfectly level knife cut in
the perfect place in the shell of your soft boiled egg. Another wacky
idea that was granted a patent---this one on May 19, 1896. A copy of
the very detailed directions on how to use it to "sever the shell neatly and
remove the top of the egg without any muss" are included, which by the way
refer to it as the "Yankee Egg Holder". It figures. Who else
would care. Personally I avoid the problem by eating mine hard boiled.
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UNC-KIT-2
Excellent ..... $25.00
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