Eggshell Artist

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

507

Date Released

13 Sep 1964

Date recorded

14 Aug 1964

Length of issue (in feet)

712

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Eggshell Artist
2. 2Beauty Without Cruelty
3. 3Making Clogs
4. 4Rodeo in Devon

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: When housewife Verna Hitchcock bakes a cake, she never thinks of throwing away those broken eggshells. She saves them, and that makes sense when you step inside the London flat where Verna carries on her work of creating eggshell pictures. Each one is a masterpiece of patience - because that’s what it takes to stick each coloured fragment into place.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Locations

London; Hampstead; England

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Richard Norton

Length of story (in feet)

223

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

• You may need to login in to external websites.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

Series held

View all series held by British Pathe Ltd