Lot Essay
The first four items are attached to cards, stamped and signed by R. H. Blanchard, Cairo, as guaranteed genuine, Dynasty XVIII/XIX
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A STEATITE SCARAB, rev. conjoined scrolls and good luck signs (wealth, health and happiness), 1.8cm. long; another, rev. interlocking twisted cord, good luck signs, 1.4cm. long; and another, all Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 B.C.); another, rev. propitious wishes, ankh-nsw; nfr, ankh, 1.1cm., all mounted on card; a glazed steatite scarab, rev. Hathor sistrum with two snakes, 1.2cm.; another wedjat-eye, rev. Hathor sistrum; another scarab, horse and ankh-sign, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII/XIX, circa 1400-1200 B.C., 1.3cm.; seven other scarabs; five polychrome glass bangles; a mummy bead necklace; a quantity of loose mummy beads; and a glass and 'faience' bead necklace, of various periods(a lot)
Details
A STEATITE SCARAB, rev. conjoined scrolls and good luck signs (wealth, health and happiness), 1.8cm. long; another, rev. interlocking twisted cord, good luck signs, 1.4cm. long; and another, all Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 B.C.); another, rev. propitious wishes, ankh-nsw; nfr, ankh, 1.1cm., all mounted on card; a glazed steatite scarab, rev. Hathor sistrum with two snakes, 1.2cm.; another wedjat-eye, rev. Hathor sistrum; another scarab, horse and ankh-sign, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII/XIX, circa 1400-1200 B.C., 1.3cm.; seven other scarabs; five polychrome glass bangles; a mummy bead necklace; a quantity of loose mummy beads; and a glass and 'faience' bead necklace, of various periods(a lot)
Provenance
Collected by the present owner's mother in Egypt between 1893-1919; items 1-4 from Blanchard, Cairo