An Easter egg wrapped up as a doll is going to auction – after being given to a two-year-old in the 1920s, who then treasured it for the rest of her life.
The near-century-old treat, given to Christine Lilian Metcalf by her aunt in 1924, is expected to fetch £200-£300 at a sale in Derbyshire next week.
Etwall-based auction house Hansons described the London-made Pascall’s egg, which stills smells of chocolate, as “the sweetest find”.
The decorative casing protected the Easter egg, which was made by James Pascall Ltd in Mitcham, south London, in 1924 (Hansons/PA)
Ms Metcalf died in 2019, at the age of 97, and left the egg in the care of her children.