Charles Horner Scarab Pendant Necklace 1905

Description

Heading : Charles Horner Scarab Pendant Necklace – Chester 1905

Description : Blue green enamelled scarab with blue-green suspender and blue drop. Hallmarked to the reverse for Horner, Chester, 1905. 

Condition : Excellent

Size : 46cm chain length, pendant 6.5cm from suspender to drop

Weight : 7 grams

While the Egyptian revival is most associated with the discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb in 1922 it actually began following Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt and Nelson’s subsequent defeat of Napoleon at the Nile.