Finger Ring

M11896h

Information

Glazed faience finger ring with openwork bezel in form of the Eye of Horus (wedjat), a symbol which offered protection to the wearer. Lower right part of the eye marking missing. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Surface dirt, pitted, incomplete. Gatty Slip (1873): 9 porcelain finger rings ornamented with right symbolic eye. One of these is labelled 1365. Mayer Inventory (1928): Nine faience finger ring, ornamented with the right symbolic eye.