PS:~
This page from "Clowns International" says (below Membership Fees) that a clown (in the UK) has to register their makeup (painted on a china egg) and deposit it in the museum at Wookey Hole.
http://clowns-international.co.uk/about-us-lin k.html
The clown (it seems) keeps another egg,with identical makeup on,as a sort iof guarantee/insurance against anyone else using the same makeup,I presume somwthing similar happens abroad?
So dot you were right,it's just that now it's a chia egg.