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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 20:17:39 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
   Is this a real egg? Seems about the same size as a goose egg with a hollow middle but it's thicker than egg shell (perhaps multiple coats of finish)
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 20:19:36 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     Could be a ceramic replica of some kind but i know there is some art that uses real egg shells and the dimensions seem about right for goose. I'll have to compare when mine start laying again.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 20:22:34 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     This is apparently a hand painted goose egg so maybe
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 20:24:20 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Plausibly. I used to do some egg decorating stuff, and they felt much more solid and heavy after multiple layers of varnish.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 20:26:22 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     @Flick there aren't any casting marks that would lend to the ceramic idea. The hole on the bottom is somewhat irregular which kind of support it being an egg shell. No idea where I got it. Probably belonged to my dad.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 20:30:12 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     @Flick here is the bottom. I think it's real. Pretty cool way to use egg shells.
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 20:57:28 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Yeah, that looks real to me. I wonder why such a big hole?

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 21:01:48 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     @Flick is the hole for this kind of thing usually smaller? Do you use a drill or something to avoid cracks forming? Maybe when they were making it the material around the hole broke away but still left enough egg to work. It doesn't have a base AFAIK so maybe I should make one like in that other picture. I don't have it on display anywhere because I feel like it's going to get knocked over but with a base that's a little less of a concern. Should be fairly simple to make one using a tiny piece of scrap I have laying around already.
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 21:46:10 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere You only need a couple of pin holes to blow an egg. I wonder if it was enlarged so that a dowel could be put into it to hold the egg upright while it was decorated.

     I did once buy an ostrich egg and we had to use a drill to get into that.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 21:46:28 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     @Flick room for a dowel makes sense
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 21:49:14 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     • Slaydie_Penelope
     @Lady_Penelope @Flick no but I do have family that does a lot of traveling and it could have been a gift to my dad from one of them. I have no idea how it ended up here but it's pretty cool. I'd seen this kind of art before but never handled any. I've had this thing rattling around in my office for a few years but didn't stop to think whether it was a real egg until today. At one point it was on my desk, and then we got a cat.
   • Slaydie_Penelope (lady_penelope@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 21:49:15 JST Slaydie_Penelope

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     @thatguyoverthere @Flick Any Ukrainian family links? This kind of decorating was immensely popular in Ukrainian and Rissian traditions. This is from my 50 year old Readers Digest Cookery Year and discusses the methods and processes. You definitely do get such intricacies on real eggs.
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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2024 01:58:02 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     • Slaydie_Penelope
     @Lady_Penelope @Flick this fits nicely. I'll cut it to size and shape up the ends before I give it a bit of oil