'Egg of Columbus'
Standing upright to defeat obvious logic and gravity, this hand-blown paperweight dazzles with hypnotic beauty. The Seguso Family is inspired by a historical anecdote regarding Christopher Columbus. The great explorer had been invited to dinner at a Spanish gentleman's home, and amongst the guests were some who were envious of Columbus' achievements. Wanting to spite him, they proposed that any man could have discovered the new continent. Columbus instead challenged the gentlemen to try to make an egg stand on end. Every one tried to do so and failed repeatedly, until they claimed it was an impossible feat. Then Columbus calmly took the egg and placed it on the table breaking the shell a bit, so that it stood upright. Columbus then stated that it was "the simplest thing in the world. Anybody can do it, after they have been shown how." The Seguso Family intend for this paperweight to remind people to take initiative in life and at work.
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