The 1922 discovery by Howard Carter of his nearly intact tomb received worldwide coverage. Sparking a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt. Exhibits of artifacts from his tomb have toured the world, as recently as 2013. In addition to ANKHESENAMUN, he also created MICHAEL DOULTON and THE RED QUEEN character jugs, plus ALL of the full-bodied tobies in the DOULTONVILLE Series of occupational characters. Handle of toby depicts Horus, the Hawk God of the Sun.
4 1/2 inches in height referred to as SMALL size. But a rather LARGE small size. NEVER produced in ANY other size!
Obviously, a jug produced NINETEEN years ago as a LIMITED EDITION of. The plan was for an edition of 1500, but for unknown reason, perhaps unexpectedly more expensive to produce than expected. Less than that were actually. Made available to retail stores! But, he is even MORE "RARE" because there is a HUGE cross-over appeal by Egyptian artifact collectors, and they KEEP their collections.Considering the "RARITY" of this tobie, hope you agree that my asking price is a "BARGAIN", LESS than ANY offered in OVER A YEAR I have been "watching"! A WONDERFUL likeness of his assumed image, BEAUTIFULLY hand-painted, with. Includes CERTIFICATE (number 281 - see PHOTO)! In addition, I have the ORIGINAL "TUTANKHAMEN" BOX.
It's just the "regular" Doulton blue box, but a bit nice to have anyway. WONDERFUL selection of Royal Doulton. Plus collectibles by a variety of manufacturers MOST, including Department 56, Hummel, etc. , vintage/designer/costume jewelry, and dozens of record albums, etc.
Royal Doulton TUTANKHAMEN Tutankhamun 7127 character jug KING TUT mug CERT" is in sale since Thursday, September 28, 2017. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Decorative Collectibles\Decorative Collectible Brands\Royal Doulton\Character, Toby Jugs". The seller is "clutterbab" and is located in Lakewood, Ohio. This item can be shipped worldwide.