Amuletic pendant

Egypt

This gold amuletic pendant represents the Egyptian deity Thoth, holding a plaque of the Wedjat eye, or eye of Horus, a symbol for protection and good health. Thoth presides over the judgement of the dead.

Earliest Rothschild collector probably: Baron Edmond de Rothschild; b.1845, d.1934

Credit: Waddesdon (Rothschild Family)