Object Carter MSS viii.1 - Howard Carter miscellanea: silver desk-set

Howard Carter's silver desk-set. Carter MSS viii.1

Identity area

Reference code

Carter MSS viii.1

Title

Howard Carter miscellanea: silver desk-set

Date(s)

  • 1919 (Creation)

Level of description

Object

Extent and medium

1 desk-set

Context area

Name of creator

(1874-1939)

Archival history

Reported to have been used by Howard Carter, and formerly from his desk in his house 'Carter Castle II' at Thebes. The house was bequeathed by Carter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Theban Expedition, who cleared the house in 1940 and shipped much of ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by a private collector in the U.S.A.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Howard Carter's desk-set:

  • Henry and Arthur Vander of London
  • Silver, hallmarked 1919

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of copies

Archived photographs in the Griffith Institute.