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Easter eggs

Across Europe, Easter is celebrated with Easter eggs, decorated in a variety of ways and techniques. Curated by [Europeana Common Culture](https://pro.europeana.eu/project/europeana-common-culture) and [Crafted](https://pro.europeana.eu/project/crafted) project partners

Déri Museum - Debrecen

Easter egg painted after a pre-drawn pattern of a realistic Easter scene.

Déri Museum - Debrecen

Painted Easter egg with black dotted decoration.

Déri Museum - Debrecen

Original coloured Easter egg with black motifs and writings decorated and the year of production 1928.

Déri Museum - Debrecen

Brush painted Easter egg.

Déri Museum - Debrecen

Original coloured Easter egg with brush painted multicoloured pattern-structures.

Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Painted Easter egg from 1914, having the colour of burnt sienna-colour with two rosy branches, text incised: "Heartily recommended Easter Memorial to Feri 1914 "

Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Painted Easter egg, painted dark purplish-red with decorations of roses with leaves incised. "Easter Memories from Mariska. 1903"

Jewish Historical Museum

Cartoon-like figure, after Mickey Mouse, en profile, full-length, walking, on a large easter egg, playing banjo. To his left a narcissus can be seen.

Toy Museum of the City of Nuremberg

The Easter Egg Artists

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Decorated Easter egg.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Decorated Easter egg.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Decorated Easter egg.

Open Society Archives at Central European University

Black and red print on white cardboard, with undivided back. Handwritten note with blue ink.; Easter greeting card contains a graphic image which represents an egg which breaks a cage while cracking. The handwritten note on the back contains greetings fro…

Toy Museum of the City of Nuremberg

Pappei: Easter egg; Chicken with chicks; 3 papposter eggs with Easter motifs, can be put together.

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Metal mould for half a chocolate Easter egg, used at Elizabeth Shaw

Royal Collection Trust

This Imperial Easter Egg which incorporates a rotary clock in its design, the movement supplied to Faberg by Henry Moser & Cie is in the form of a classical temple. The colonnade of pale green bowenite columns supports the pink guilloch enamelled egg,…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Easter eggs on the sale at Easter Fair in Ethnographic Museum in Toruń, held on 13th March 2016. On over 100 stalls one could buy hand-made Easter table decorations, baskets for food blessing, Easter palms, Easter eggs decorated in different techniq…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Easter eggs on the sale at Easter Fair in Ethnographic Museum in Toruń, held on 13th March 2016. On over 100 stalls one could buy hand-made Easter table decorations, baskets for food blessing, Easter palms, Easter eggs decorated in different techniq…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Easter eggs on the sale at Easter Fair in Ethnographic Museum in Toruń, held on 13th March 2016. On over 100 stalls one could buy hand-made Easter table decorations, baskets for food blessing, Easter palms, Easter eggs decorated in different techniq…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Easter eggs on the sale at Easter Fair in Ethnographic Museum in Toruń, held on 13th March 2016. On over 100 stalls one could buy hand-made Easter table decorations, baskets for food blessing, Easter palms, Easter eggs decorated in different techniq…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Easter eggs on the sale at Easter Fair in Ethnographic Museum in Toruń, held on 13th March 2016. On over 100 stalls one could buy hand-made Easter table decorations, baskets for food blessing, Easter palms, Easter eggs decorated in different techniq…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Decorated Easter Egg at Easter Fair in Bierzgłowo near Toruń, organized by Communal Culture Centre and Library in Łubianka. During the fair there were presentations of tradition and local customs as well as promotion of local products and handicraft…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Easter eggs. Products on sale at the Easter Fair in 2014 in Łubianka near Toruń. Fair was organized by the Municipal Cultural Center and Library in Łubianka. Fair was attended by ca. 900 guests. There were presented local traditions and customs refe…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Polish Easter eggs, decorated with different techniques. Tradition of Easter egg decoration in Poland dates back to 10th century. There are many techniques, including molten wax decoration, scratching, openwork, veneering. Easter eggs symbolise rebi…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Polish Easter eggs, decorated with different techniques. Tradition of Easter egg decoration in Poland dates back to 10th century. There are many techniques, including molten wax decoration, scratching, openwork, veneering. Easter eggs symbolise rebi…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Polish Easter eggs, decorated with different techniques. Tradition of Easter egg decoration in Poland dates back to 10th century. There are many techniques, including molten wax decoration, scratching, openwork, veneering. Easter eggs symbolise rebi…

Provincial Public Library. E.Smołki

ilustr.: pisanka z portretem dziecka, przyozdobiona żółtymi różami

Europeana Foundation

Although Peter Mykytenko was born in Ukraine and joined the Ukrainian Geelong community in Australia in the 1950s, Peter and his parents wanted to migrate to England. Peter and his parents left Ukraine for Germany and hoped to migrate to England after th…

Finnish Heritage Agency

fyysinen kuvaus: Pääluettelo:Värjätty muna (himes tojás), siinä kirjoitus "Husvéti Emlék". Kuviossa on kaksi lintua, joiden nokat ja pyrstöt kohtaavat munan eri puolilla. Kirjoitus lähtee nauhan lintujen nokista ja on luettavissa munan alapuolel…

Finnish Heritage Agency

fyysinen kuvaus: Pääluettelo:Värjätty muna (himes tojás), värit: punainen, keltainen ja valkea, koristeina kasviaiheita ja viivoja sekä pisteitä. Luultavasti kuvio on ensin piirretty vahalla, jonka jälkeen muna on upotettu väriaineeseen. Vahalla suojattu …

Déri Museum - Debrecen

Easter egg with brush painted multicoloured motifs.

Déri Museum - Debrecen

Original coloured Easter egg with brush painted flower-petals originated from the stalks.

Déri Museum - Debrecen

Easter egg with blue painted patterns on the original colour.

The Lithuanian National Museum of Art
Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Painted Easter egg, painted red, waxed with simple ornaments of lines, from 1905.

Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Painted Easter egg, painted black and red with waxed geometric decorations.

Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Painted Easter egg painted lila and incised where the text of 'Memorial to Mr. Demsey, Imre, 1904. From Mr. Pitterman, János.' - is incised.

Gömör Museum

Catalog of the 'Painted Eggs Exhibition' in the Ukrainian Museum of Felsővízköz in Ukrainian and Slovakian languages.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Painted blue Easter egg with red, yellow and white decoration.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Painted Easter egg. Decorated hens' egg, painted purple with a white floral design.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Set of 16 eggs. Painted in traditional designs in bright colours, blown and each strung on a coloured ribbon; the whole fixed together as a group.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Easter egg, decorated hens' egg. Painted red with white circular design.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Painted Easter egg on a ribbon. Blown shell of a hen's egg, threaded with ribbon and tied in a group of 13 eggs.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Painted Easter egg threaded with a ribbon that is tied to a bundle of other Easter eggs.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Decorated Easter egg.

Open Society Archives at Central European University

Blue and red print on white paper, with undivided back.; Stamp contains two graphic images. First represents a Eastern egg with big red ears (allusion to Jerzy Urban) and caption "Happy eggs". Second represents the logo of the Gdańsk Repair Ship…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Easter eggs decoration show at Easter Fair in Ethnographic Museum in Toruń, held on 13th March 2016. On over 100 stalls one could buy hand-made Easter table decorations, baskets for food blessing, Easter palms, Easter eggs decorated in different tec…

The International Center for Information Management Systems and Services

[EN]: Easter eggs on the sale at Easter Fair in Ethnographic Museum in Toruń, held on 13th March 2016. On over 100 stalls one could buy hand-made Easter table decorations, baskets for food blessing, Easter palms, Easter eggs decorated in different techniq…