Chocolate Easter egg that hasn't been opened in 84 years is up for auction

At 9 years old, Knocked Cookie received a chocolate Easter egg. But Hitler's invasion of Poland and the outbreak of World War II interrupted her enjoyment of the treat. Now they want to sell the 84-year-old egg at auction. The edition told in more detail The Guardian.

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Daughter Cook, 61-year-old Gill Bolter, said that as the war approached, her mother's uncle warned her: "Be careful with this, my girl, there may soon be no chocolate."

“He told her to portion it. Surprisingly, she was so disciplined and respectful of her elders that she never ate a bite,” Bolter noted.

Cook cherished the treat during the war years and did not open it until the end of her life. She died at the age of 91 in 2021.

The Mary Mary Quite Contrary egg is still wrapped in blue and white paper, and attached to it is a decorative little doll holding a watering can.

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The shipping box still bears the owner's name in pencil and the year of manufacture - 1939. The egg will be sold at Hansons auction in Derbyshire on May 18 with an estimated price of £600 to £800 ($745-$995).

Bolter, director of the Cardiff Hotel Company in North Rise, recalled how her mother "loved life and chocolate". She said she was barely nine years old when her uncle gave her an egg in 1939.

“When we asked mom how she managed to keep the egg for so long, she said that after keeping a chocolate gift throughout the war, it was wrong to eat it,” Bolter said. “She scratched a little bit of the wrapper on the front when she was little, just to see if there was chocolate in there.”

She said her mother, having kept the egg as a child, took it with her when she left home to marry in 1955. For 60 years, she hid it on a shelf in her bedroom in Neath, Wales.

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“It would be great if the egg went to the museum along with my mother’s memories of the war,” admitted Bolter.

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said the story was a reminder of wartime austerity, respectful obedience, and "a little girl who was so hard on herself that she wouldn't allow herself even the smallest morsel of her favorite treat."

“The Sibyl Egg is a reminder of those difficult days. She came from a generation that understood hardship. They learned to cherish and appreciate the smallest things. This is a very good character trait,” he concluded.

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