View image in fullscreen ‘I felt a mix of pride and bafflement towards my father’s creation’: Paul Kutchinsky’s egg. Just that morning, a letter had arrived from Guinness World Records confirming Kutchinsky’s was the world’s largest jewelled egg. “Just for now.”The first sketch of Kutchinsky’s egg was drawn in the run-up to Easter 1989, almost by accident. “Jeweller killed in Spanish road crash,” said the Jewish Chronicle’s report, which made no mention of Kutchinsky’s egg. For years, Kutchinsky’s egg had been locked away in a bonded warehouse, almost as if it had never existed.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2026 16:32 UTC