Description (Labels & Markings)
A white hand written label affixed with string reads '1094 forgery' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Other owners)
The small yellow label adhered to the top of the mount indicates this scarab was once in the collection of Lady Valerie Meux.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
A small, yellow, typed, oval label adhered to the underside of the mount reads '643' in black.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
The top of the object is marked '59' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
The underside of the mount is marked '754' in red ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
Budge, E.A Wallis. (1896). Some Account of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the Possession of Lady Meux. Harrison and Son: London. p. 242. no. 643.
Event Date 1896
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Auction / Sale)
The Acworths could possibly have bought the scarab through the Lady Meux Sale in London in May 1911 under Waring and Gillow, Ltd (Auctioneers), or possibly through a third party.
Event Date 5/1911
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
One hundred and ten plaques, scarabs and rings of glazed composition and steatite, all labelled "Forgery" .
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A green glazed scarab, a forgery, of faience with high sheen.
Event Date 29/08/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson