Egyptian Lord Grenfell's Amulet and Pendant Collection
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Mainly Third Intermediate Period, 1069-702 BC. A group of amulets from Lord Grenfell's collection comprising: a pale blue glazed composition djed pillar; a white wedjat eye plaque with applied black pupil; a chalcedony heart-shaped pendant on an old card with handwritten note to the reverse 'Ancient Egyptian / Calcedony ['Cornelian' struck through] Pendant / B.C. 900 ['1900' erased] / from Lord / Grenfell's colln.'; a black shell amulet on an old card; a carved sardonyx heart-shaped pendant on an old card with handwritten note to the reverse 'Sardonyx' above 'Ancient Egyptian / Cornelian Amulet / ab. (Heart) / B.C. 900 / Lord Grenfell's Coll.'. 13 grams total, djed: 36mm (1 1/2"). Ex Field Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, GCB, GCMG, PC (1841-1925) collection in 1917; found Luxor in the 19th century, three amulets mounted on old collection cards with inked inscriptions. These amulets belongs to the collection of Lord Grenfell acquired from the Luxor tomb excavations. Some of the pieces in the BNSS collection were given to the Society by members who knew of Grenfell's interest in Egypt. Many of the more important items were acquired from the 1917 Sotheby’s sale of his personal collection, including a model bakery scene and a model funerary boat from the Aswan tombs. Several of the pieces were probably excavated by Petrie. The bulk of the collection came to Bournemouth as part of a donation from the Blackmore Museum in Salisbury, including a 25th Dynasty mummy in her painted wooden coffin and a selection of funerary items such as Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figures, stelae and shabtis. [5]
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Egyptian Lord Grenfell's Amulet and Pendant Collection
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