A small blue glazed faience Eye of Horus amulet with clear moulded details.

Egypt, New Kingdom, mid 2nd Millennium BC

Intact

Size: 1 x 0.9 cms

Ex. collection: Viscount Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer; Althorp House, Northumberland, UK. This item is thought to have been collected by John Poyntz Spencer, the 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910). The 5th Earl held several important political positions including First Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

The Spencer family is perhaps best known today for the 9th Earl's sister, Lady Diana Spencer who was to become the iconic and ill-fated Princess Diana of Wales. Althorp House was Diana's childhood home and now the location of her final resting place.