Item TAA iii.40.9 - Pendant with cabochon plaque: box (21), metal and glass

1 glass pendant in metal mount

Acquired from an online auction site by Elizabeth Fleming.

Presented by Elizabeth Fleming in July 2021.

• 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.

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

• Cabochon with mount: 3.9 x 5.5 x 0.8 cms (max.)

TAA iii.40.8: same cabochon design, although a different colour.

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