Antique Victorian Painted Milk Glass Easter Egg (#6) stocking Stuffers Hand-applied paint atop a mixture

Hand-applied paint atop a mixture of sawdust

their plates echo the still-life paintings of the Renaissance and Baroque periods

100-year-old Oliver "Olly" Williams was raised on a family farm in Missouri

Cats and other odd creatures appear in many of his crosshatched illustrations

Meticulously crafted

Antique Victorian Painted Milk Glass Easter Egg (#6) stocking Stuffers Hand-applied paint atop a mixtureThis antique glass egg is a part of John Derian's trove of handpicked vintage & antique holiday decorations. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these permanent "eggs" became popular Victorian era gifts crafted from porcelain and milk glass to replace fragile natural shells. They were often hand decorated by artists with floral motifs like violets, daisies, and other spring flowers. Click here to see all of our antique easter decorations.