Wow, nicely done! I like how you used the two mediums.
I'm new to blacksmithing but a long time hobby artist. What if you bent/curved the central rod towards the egg side, as if the weight of everything on the top were making it bend over that way. May make it seem more "life-like". Not really a critizism, just a different take as I really like it the way it is.
In my area they have an art competition called "Art Prize". Theres a winner picked by popular vote by spectators and one picked by judges (art snobs). It's a little contraversal with the artist types but has really been a big success with the amount of people coming to the area to see it.