'Tutankhamun' a large Carlton Ware ginger jar designed by Enoch Boulton

'Tutankhamun' a large Carlton Ware ginger jar designed by Enoch Boulton, pattern no.2711, shouldered form, printed and enamelled in colours on a mottled blue ground with hieroglyphs, printed factory marks and special Tut mark, 26cm. high

Provenance

The Michael Burningham Collection

Catalogue notes

The 'Tutankhamun', or more correctly Tut pattern was introduced by Carlton Ware in 1923 the year after Howard Carter discovered the king's tomb in November 1922. Egyptomania spread rapidly across Europe through architecture and the decorative arts.