Day 69 of #photoaday
A French perfumier so quick to the Tutmania craze that the had to make use of well established advertising imagery instead of the latest archaeological finds
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Day 68 of #photoaday
A 1920s collectible cigarette card by British company Cavanders depicting the goddess Ma’at
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Day 67 of #photoaday
A 1970s plastic cleaning products tub with incised hieroglyphs
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Day 66 of #photoaday
A late 19th century glazed tile showing a scene from William Shakespeare’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ …on display now in Prof Joann Fletcher’s “Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt” exhibition at Barnsley
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A huge congratulations to our consultant Prof Joann Fletcher, on the opening of her latest exhibition “Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt” at Experience Barnsley Museum.
We are honoured to have been able to loan some of our collection to this wonderful exhibit.
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Day 65 of #photoaday
A Murano glass perfume bottle in the shape of a pyramid that continues a long association of perfumes and Egypt
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Day 64 of #photoaday
A Royal Doulton bowl that was produced between 1910-12 that took inspiration from ancient Egyptian wall drawings
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Day 63 of #photoaday
A mid-20th century postcard using an early 20th century photograph of a popular Cairo location
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Day 62 of #photoaday
The combining of ancient Egyptian imagery with geographically similar modern cultures is common in Egyptian revival design
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Day 61 of #photoaday
An object that is very understated Egyptomania, but is actually inspired directly by objects excavated by archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie in 1891
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Day 60 of #photoaday
For the first day of International Women’s Month we have a female focused object… a wine goblet that combines images of ancient women, both Egyptian and non-Egyptian, 600 years apart
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Day 59 of #photoaday
One for the comic lovers today. This 2022 film poster features Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam, who’s powers derived from ancient Egyptian gods
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Day 58 of #photoaday
The romantic ideal of the desert was a popular choice in Egyptian revival design, though it was not confined to Egypt itself
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Day 57 of #photoaday
The pharaoh’s face is one of the most commonly used design elements of Egyptian revival artworks
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Day 56 of #photoaday
An early 20th century design called “Ramses” using typical ancient Egyptian elements, as well as some less typical ones.
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Day 55 of #photoaday
This tea caddy is in a style of pottery decoration we have seen already in this challenge, a technique called sprigging.
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Day 54 of #photoaday
An early 20th century advert that references one of the origins of Egyptian cotton, over a century earlier.
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Day 53 of #photoaday
In the 1970s @avonworldwide @Avon_UK brought out an Egyptian themed cosmetics line: Golden Nile, connecting the love of Egypt with the company’s own origins
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Day 52 of #photoaday
Pyramids are good for your health, apparently!
Just like the Victorian remedies 100 years earlier, Egypt is linked to cure-alls in this collectible tea card from @PGtips
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Day 51 of #photoaday
Sometimes postcards aren’t your typical ancient Egyptian tourist scenes… but it doesn’t make them any less interesting!
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Day 50 of #photoaday
Replicas can be part of Egyptomania too, like the Hippo examples from the @britishmuseum in 1977 and 1981
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Day 49 of #photoaday
KISS’ 1989 album and tour featured the Great Sphinx, or Leon, complete with sunglasses! 😎
Did anyone see the tour?
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Day 48 of #photoaday
A very aptly designed Egyptian revival inkwell, one of several in the collection. Click on the images to see how it works.
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Day 47 of #photoaday
A 1930s mantelpiece or sideboard set with a sticking colour, pops of gold and a possible biblical connection 🐑
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Day 46 of #photoaday
No respectable late 19th century dinner table would be complete without Egyptian revival silver salt cellars!
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Day 45 of #photoaday
It’s Valentine’s Day! 💘
With so many objects in the collection it was difficult to choose just one, but this sheet music film accompaniment from 1933 has love, romance, music and Egypt
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Day 44 of #photoaday
It’s the perfect time of year to visit Egypt… this travel advertisement from 1947 shows Egypt’s desire to return visitors to the country following WWII.
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Day 43 of #photoaday
What is more British than drinking tea? This early 20th century cup and saucer was made in Czech-Slovakia, but became popular in the British living room
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Day 42 of #photoaday
A pair of Egyptian inspired men’s cufflinks from the 1960s produced by one of the largest manufacturers in the world
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