Beaufort - Imperial Egg Gallery
The 'Imperial Egg Gallery' has Australia's largest collection of decorated egg art which is lovingly displayed at the Beaufort Motel. Margaret Saunders has been collecting these amazing pieces of art for over 50 years.
This global collection includes decorated eggs from sharks, emus, doves, quails, ostriches, and crocodiles. If you have talent and imagination there is nothing that cannot be achieved with the humble egg. You will see fusion egg art which is the joining of two or more egg types. Marvel over the 'eggstravaganza' of indigenous art. You will wonder how on earth can they carve and/or decorate that little egg, without it breaking?
Helen Raddin has literally brought the eggs to life with her amazing sculptures that have to be seen to be believed. Indigenous Australians and Africans have been carving eggs for centuries with amazing results. The humble egg has also been used by many artists as the canvas for some unbelievable results.
You can also view excellent replicas of the Faberge Egg (original eggs are valued at around $33 million). Late 1800s Russian goldsmith, Peter Carl Faberge, was appointed by Royalty to make an Easter Egg for his Empress. Then war broke out, so the Faberge factory adapted by producing war equipment such as syringes and grenades. Fascinating!
Opening Hours:
Daily: 9am - 4pm
Cost:
Gold coin donation or purchase a Devonshire Tea for $10 per person
Location
18 Neill Street, Beaufort 3373 Map
✆ (03) 5349 2297
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