Brooch with a rectangular cabochon plaque featuring part of a scene from the lid of box 21 [Carter 21], with Tutankhamun hunting lions.
Silver decorated with enamel (light and dark blue, red, white and yellow) and opaque cream-coloured pressed glass with decoration highlighted in reddish-brown.
Hook clasp, stamped, silver hallmark "925"(?)
Plaque: Not indicated, but probably produced by the Neiger Brothers.
Copies of Harry Burton's negatives for the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
This later set of film negatives was made from the original Burton large plate glass negatives (TAA.i.5) and small glass negatives (TAA.i.5A) after the negatives were conserved between 1980 and 1982.
Enamel decoration on upper surface, design from top: on handle, a modelled profile view of 'guardian statue' [Carter 22] (design includes the linen found draped over arm when discovered), standing on top of a winged scarab; on stem, geometric pattern on handle; on bowl, enamel-painted scene with a king or deity facing left, standing holding a staff, with pseudo-hieroglyphic texts above.
A collection of postal stamps featuring objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun, mostly commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tomb's discovery in 1972. Includes six first-day covers, one issued in Egypt and five issued by UK institutions.
Newspaper and magazine cuttings, mainly from the contemporary press, including The New York Times and The Illustrated London News, related to the finding and excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
'The canopic chest of alabaster, Tutankhamen's tomb', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1153].
'The canopic chest opened, showing portrait busts of Tutankhamen', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1158].
'Thebes – Tut Ankh Amen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings', Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo, no. 1740.
London Underground advertisement produced in the 1970s.
Daltons Weekly, for property, and no mistake: ‘Yes, it is odd living in the tomb of Tutenkhamen… but we thought the agent said a room in Tooting Common…’
Copy of Davies, Nina M. and Gardiner, Alan H. 1962. Tutankhamun’s painted box: reproduced in colour from the original in the Cairo Museum. Artwork by Nina M. Davies, with explanatory text by Alan H. Gardiner, published by Oxford University Press for Griffith Institute, Oxford [OEB 8995].
Three copies of the same poster for the Semmel Concerts' exhibition 'Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures', Manchester, Museum of Museums / The Trafford Centre, 22 October 2010 - 27 February 2011.