My mother decorated eggs. Most of hers are now gone. They would be several decades old.
The ones in the center are larger and are of wood. I believe that they are painted, which was done in only the last few decades. Well, they don't break! Click on the pic for a larger view.
The ones from the past are done by the wax method and take hours and hours for just one egg. The one example of my work when I was 4 years old is long gone. It was a masterpiece.
By the way the tradition began pre-Christianity.
You can do a search for more info and how the eggs were made.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pysanka
