SC - Ostrich & calf (was: medieval faires)
Mary Morman
memorman at oldcolo.com
Mon Aug 2 13:28:52 PDT 1999
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Daniel Phelps wrote:
> Side note regarding ostrich, I have found reference to 16th century possibly
> 15th century goblets with bowls made from ostrich eggs. Plan on entering
> one in an A/S in the future. I have also found an even better reference to
> European 16th century goblets with bowls made from coconut shell, got a
> photo copy of a picture of one. Coconut was referred to as "Indian nut".
There's a lovely medieval goblet made from an ostrich egg in the British
Museum. You might be able to find a picture on line.
Elaina
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