Item TAA iii.40.10 - Brooch: box (21), lion hunt scene

1 silver brooch

Acquired from an online auction site by Elizabeth Fleming.

Presented by Elizabeth Fleming in July 2021.

• 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.

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

• 1.8 x 5.0 x 0.5 cm (approx. max.)

• [Carter 21], see http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/carter/021.html