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MM 30244 :: furniture, hinge, fitting

Inventory number

MM 30244

Serie nummer

10979

Object

furniture; hinge; fitting

Object, Swedish

möbel; infattning; gångjärn

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Material

Bronze; Metal

Material, Swedish

Brons; Metall

Acquisition

From the R.G. Gayer-Anderson collection, G.-A. A40.

Acquisition, Swedish

Från R. G. Gayer-Andersons samling.

Description

Part of a hinge.

Name - Acquired from

Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Description: Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, Major, after qualifying as a Doctor at Guy's Hospital, became an officer in the Royal Army, Medical Corps. He received his commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1903. He was lent to the Egyptian Government in 1905 by the British Government and spent the rest of his carrier in service of Egypt, in both military and civil capacities, reaching the rank of "Lewa" (Major General) and having the title of Pasha conferred upon him. He collected Egyptian objects of great significance. They are preserved in Gayer-Anderson Pasha museum in Cairo. He is the author of "Legends of the Bait al-Kretliya" (Luzac, London) and Christeros, poems (Wilding, Shrewsbury). He died in Lavenham in 1945. (www.indianminiature.org, 2012-08-31)
Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Viaf - same as: viaf.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

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