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 the documentation back to New York.
The desk-set was then in two private collections in the U.S.A.
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
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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.
Language of material
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived photographs in the Griffith Institute.