Pearwood hand-painted egg cups what is the origin and how old are they

They are two and three quarter inches tall and they look kind of Dutch to me what is your opinion?

 

I've had them before, some with a Japan label and some with Japan stamped on the bottom, 1960s

 

I was thinking mid-20th century Japanese, too.

 

Erzgebirge GDR

 

I agree, Ore Mountains region in southeastern Germany, formerly the GDR. The German name for Ore Mountains is Erzgebirge.
We had them as children. They had little knitted hats as eggwarmers, I don't know if they came with those.

 

well, then be it. eastern is correct at least.

 

What you said was all correct, I just agreed and elaborated.
Not as far to the east as Japan though, although they might have copied them.

 

once more your information is completely wrong. when talking from geographical zones it is Mitteldeutschland and partly Czechia.

 

Are we being nice again?

The southern part of the former GDR is now regarded as southeast Germany. The German term Mitteldeutschland is only used in German.
You are correct that part of the Ore Mountains are in Czechia, but these were made in the GDR, as you already identified before, so there was no need to mention Czechia at the time.
I don't know why you wish to contradict yourself, but since that is what you are doing, this is where my involvement in this thread stops. I know what you are like when you get in this mood, and no one wants another 'Fid escalation'.
And remember, offensive posts will be removed. Again.

There is another, polite, way of communication, Fid.

 

okay. greetings to Scandinavia.

 

Thanks cxgirl and Pat P Fid and Any Jewelry

 

I have some that are similar (somewhere here) that came with little hats or bonnets.

 

I thought only those who made posts or a moderator could remove them. I don't like seeing people being dictated to or threatened either, so I agree with i need help on that.

 

You are absolutely right, I was referring to Davey having to remove Fid's offensive posts regularly, including at least one earlier today. (There could be more, I don't keep tabs of course.)
That is simply what I was reminding Fid of, trying to nip a repeat of Fid's earlier hatchet jobs on other forum members in the bud.

To be frank, I would like to leave the whole thing behind me, including Fid's personal attacks on several other forum members and his repetitive nasty comments on anything Dutch.
Mugz just asked for information, and that was all that was needed.

 

Agreed!

 

About the egg cups... to play devil's advocate, wouldn't it be possible they were made in one country and imported to another? So in theory could be Japanese but found in Germany in an earlier time?