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Earrings: guardian statue

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Pair of drop-shaped earrings, lotus-flower on clip, with guardian statue [Carter 22] design on pendant drops, clip-on fitting.
  • Goldtone metal decorated with enamel (black, red and white).
  • Manufacturer, not known.
  • Probably manufactured in the 1920s.

Pendant: guardian statue, upper part of

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Necklace pendant depicting the upper part of a guardian statue [Carter 22].
  • Opaque dark blue-coloured pressed glass, design highlighted in light green.
  • Silver tone suspension ring and chain (not original).
  • Not indicated, but almost certainly produced by the Neiger Brothers.

Pendant: guardian statue

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Pendant, a guardian statue [Carter 22] flanked by tall lotus flowers on either side, with "TUTANKHAMEN" at bottom, ring fitting for chain at top.
  • Goldtone metal (perhaps gold-plated(?) metal/silver base), enamelled (black, light and dark blue, red, and white).
  • Stamped "300" on verso.
  • Manufacturer, not known.
  • Perhaps manufactured in the 1920s.

Cabochon: guardian statue

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery element.
  • Oval cabochon for jewellery making, with a guardian statue [Carter 22] design.
  • Opaque light blue-coloured pressed glass, design highlighted in brown.
  • Manufacturer, not known. Perhaps produced by the Neiger Brothers
  • Date uncertain, perhaps manufactured in the 1920s or 1930s.

Necklace: Tutankhamun seated, green glass

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Necklace, pendant depicting Tutankhamun seated on recto and verso, with a mix of scarab-shaped, cylindrical and round beads.
  • Opaque green pressed glass with original(?) knotted string cord.
  • Not indicated, but almost certainly produced by the Neiger Brothers.

Necklace: Tutankhamun seated, white glass

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Necklace, pendant depicting Tutankhamun seated on recto and verso, with a mix of scarab-shaped, cylindrical and round beads.
  • Opaque white pressed glass, design highlighted in brown, with original(?) knotted string cord.
  • Not indicated, but almost certainly produced by the Neiger Brothers.

Cabochon plaque: box (21), yellow glass

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery element.
  • Rectangular cabochon plaque, with depiction of front of box 21 [Carter 21], double scene of Tutankhamun as sphinx trampling enemies.
  • Opaque yellow-coloured pressed glass, design highlighted in green and red.
  • Not indicated, but almost certainly produced by the Neiger Brothers.

Pendant with cabochon plaque: box (21), metal and glass

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery element.
  • Rectangular cabochon plaque, with depiction of front of box 21 [Carter 21], double scene of Tutankhamun as sphinx trampling enemies.
  • Opaque cream-coloured pressed glass, design highlighted in black, set in a later goldtone metal mount with suspension loops on verso.
  • Textile cord with metal fastenings (not original).
  • Plaque: Not indicated, but almost certainly produced by the Neiger Brothers, date uncertain, c. 1922-1930s..
  • Mount: Affixed to verso, small metal label "CHICO'S", c. 1950s-1960s.

Brooch: box (21), lion hunt scene

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • 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.

Brooch: cartouche with uraei

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Brooch, Tutankhamun’s cartouche in centre, crowned by disk and crescent moon, with uraeus on either side of cartouche.
  • Silvertone metal decorated with enamel (light and dark blue, and red).
  • Probably 1970s or slightly later.

Pendant: lion head (44q)

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Pendant in the shape of a leopard’s head with Tutankhamun’s cartouche on the forehead [Carter 44q].
  • Silver-tone metal, or perhaps silver plated although not hallmarked.
  • Probably early to mid-1970s, or perhaps slightly later.
  • Manufacturer, not known.

Pendant: scarab, cartouche and uraei

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Pendant in the shape of a double-sided scarab, raised design on body with Tutankhamun’s cartouches in centre between uraei.
  • Probably silver, not hallmarked.
  • Probably 1920s, or perhaps later reuse of an original 1920s design.
  • Manufacturer, not known.

Collector's album with stamps: Tutankhamun-related

Tutankhamun-related stamp album with a full set of affixed collectable 'picture stamps', issued by Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Export) Co. Ltd., in 1933.

  • "Nestlé's Picture Stamp Album, vol. 2: Wonders of the World", with a complete set of stamps affixed to the album pages.
  • 16 pages and covers
  • Including "Tutankhamen’s Tomb" = series no. 18 on p. 9, 12 stamps.
  • Issued by Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Export) Co. Ltd., Vevey, Switzerland.
  • Printed by F. Stannard, London, United Kingdom.
  • 12 numbered Tutankhamun stamps, artist's impressions, most based on Harry Burton's photographs:
    • No. 1. The Valley of the Kings.
    • No. 2. The Ante-Chamber.
    • No. 3. The back of the Royal Throne.
    • No. 4. Entrance to the Tomb.
    • No. 5. In the Treasure Chamber.
    • No. 6. The Royal Ship.
    • No. 7. Statue of Pharaoh on the Leopard.
    • No. 8. Golden Falcon with Sun Disc.
    • No. 9. The Golden Coffin.
    • No. 10. The Golden Mask of the Mummy.
    • No. 11. The Head of the Mummy.
    • No. 12. Plan of the Tomb.

Collector's album, stamps only: Tutankhamun-related

A complete set of 12 Tutankhamun-related stamps, issued by Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Export) Co. Ltd., in 1933.

  • "Tutankhamen’s Tomb"
  • Issued by Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Export) Co. Ltd., Vevey, Switzerland.
  • Printed by F. Stannard, London, United Kingdom.
  • 12 numbered Tutankhamun stamps, artist's impressions, most based on Harry Burton's photographs:
    • No. 1. The Valley of the Kings.
    • No. 2. The Ante-Chamber.
    • No. 3. The back of the Royal Throne.
    • No. 4. Entrance to the Tomb.
    • No. 5. In the Treasure Chamber.
    • No. 6. The Royal Ship.
    • No. 7. Statue of Pharaoh on the Leopard.
    • No. 8. Golden Falcon with Sun Disc.
    • No. 9. The Golden Coffin.
    • No. 10. The Golden Mask of the Mummy.
    • No. 11. The Head of the Mummy.
    • No. 12. Plan of the Tomb.

"Tut-Ankh-Amen (in the Valley of the Kings)"

  • Commercially produced printed sheet music.
  • "Tut-Ankh-Amen (in the Valley of the Kings)".
    • Song, Lyric and Music by Carlo and Sanders.
    • New York & Detroit: Jerome H. Remick & Co.
    • 1923.
  • 6-pages.
  • 2 copies: 1 complete and one incomplete (cover+page 2).

"Old King Tut Was a Wise Old Nut"

  • Commercially produced printed sheet music.
  • "Old King Tut Was a Wise Old Nut".
    • Lyric by Roger Lewis, Music by Lucien Denni.
    • Kansas City, MO: J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Co.
    • 1923.
  • 6-pages.

"Tutankhamen"

  • Commercially produced printed sheet music.
  • "Tutankhamen".
    • Written and Composed by Hebe Mack.
    • London: G. J. Cramer & Co. Ltd.
    • 1923.
  • 6-pages.

Crate label: "King Tut Lemons"

  • Reproduction of a fruit crate label.
  • "King Tut Brand Lemons, packed by Johnston Fruit Co., Santa Barbara, CAL".
  • Reproduction produced c. 2015, after c. 1920s original.

Magazine cartoon: Tutankhamun-related

  • Cartoon from Punch magazine referencing the tomb of Tutankhamun.
  • "TUTANKH-AMEN IN DOWNING STREET."
  • "Harressed Phantom (outside No. 10). "THIS IS THE PLACE FOR ME. VERY PEACEFUL AFTER MY TOMB."
  • From Punch, or The London Charivari, 31 January 1923, page 99.

Photograph: "Mrs. Tut"

  • Press photograph of Miss Evelyn Baldwin, Captian of the New York Girl Scouts, shaking the hand of "Mrs King Tut", taken at the International Flower Show, New York, on 15 March 1923.
  • Wording from sign featuring in the photograph: " Mrs. Tut | Here are the flowers that King Tut-Ankh-Amen's queen loved, as indicated by the Egyptian tomb Excavation. | They Include | Lotus | Poppy | Daisy | Delphinium | Acacia | Jasminium".
  • Verso
    • Affixed typewritten label: "PHOTO BY PICTORIAL PRESS | INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, NEW YORK, MARCH 15. | MISS EVELYN BALDWIN, CAPTAIN OF THE NEW YORK GIRL SCOUTS, SHAKES HANDS WITH MRS. KING TUT AT THE SHOW. BETWEEN THEM IS SHOWN THE NEW SWEET PEA, "KING TUT", AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. | 31523."
    • Ink stamped: "Please acknowledge PICTORIAL PRESS PHOTOS 145 West 41st Street, N. Y. C. | For your use only, and must not be used for Advertising Purposes without permission."
    • Ink stamped: "REFERENCE DEPT. | MAR 19 1923 | N .E. A." and annotated "A4323".

Tourist photographs: Tutankhamun-related

  • 2 photographs taken by tourists visiting Luxor in 1923.
  • TAA iii.46.2.1
    • Three tourists, one man and two women, sitting on the modern enclosure wall of Tutankhamun's tomb, with two Egyptian police officers (1 standing on either side of the seated group).
    • Manuscript note on verso, "Outside the new Tomb. The Valley of the Kings - 1923."
  • TAA iii.46.2.2
    • Female tourist, also part of the group in the other photograph, standing next to the head of a colossus of Ramesses II in the Ramesseum.
    • Manuscript note on verso, "The Ramesseum - Thebes - 1923."
  • The identities of the people in the photographs and the owner of the pictures are all unknown.

Not known

Trésor de Toutankhamon

  • Trésor de Toutankhamon
  • Paris: Laboratoires Dausse, [1965].
  • Photographs by F. L. Kenett – © George Rainbird Ltd 1963, Vie et mort d’un pharaon, Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, Hachette.
  • Set of colour plates featuring objects from the tomb.
  • From an original set of 20, full set except for nos. 1, 2, and 20. There are two copies of no. 9.

And Seven Shall Die

  • Wolf, Victoria.
  • And Seven Shall Die.
  • Translated by Dora H. Demuth.
  • Hammond, Hammond and Company Ltd., London, 1943.
  • Fiction novel based on the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
  • 295 pages.

"Tu tanks have just arrived"

  • Comic postcard.
  • "Tu tanks have just arrived!".
  • Issued by Inter-Art Co., London.
  • "Comique" Series no. 4491.
  • Mailed on Thursday, 27 May 1926.
  • Postcard sent by R. Wilman to Miss D. Dixon, 7 Victoria Buildings, Morecambe.

"Tutankamen in the Case with Cleopatra again!"

  • Comic postcard.
  • "What do yer think, Bill? —when I opened up this morning, there was Tutankamen in the Case with Cleopatra again!".
  • Issued by Micks Comics.
  • 110.
  • Published by E. A. Eden (Offset) Ltd, [London].
  • Printed in England.
  • Not mailed.

Merchandise pamphlet

Merchandise pamphlet for the 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition at the British Museum in 1972.

  • 1 printed, gatefold pamphlet with a list of merchandise, some items illustrated with line drawings

BBC Radio broadcast

A reel-to-reel tape recording, and a cassette tape of the same, of a BBC radio broadcast on the 1972 Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum.

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