Item TAA iii.40.4 - Cabochon: guardian statue

1 glass cabochon

Acquired from an online auction site by Elizabeth Fleming.

Presented by Elizabeth Fleming in July 2021.

• 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.

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

• 2.0 x 1.1 x 0.3 cms (approx., max.)

• [Carter 22], see http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/carter/022.html