Mold for Cornflower Pendant
This mold from Amarna was used to produce cornflower pendants (see 31.114.2a). The mold would hae been created by using an existing pendant to impress a shape into a pad of clay, which was then fired. The mold was then used to produce cornflower pendants in faience paste. Once molded, the pendant was not fired in the mold, but tipped out of it to dry before later firing, so that the mold itself could be used many times in quick succession. Eventually the mold, because it was porous, soaked up some of the paste materials - the whitish cloud seen over the surface within this mold is the result. After considerable use, the mold would have blurred and been discarded.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mold for Cornflower Pendant
- Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: reign of Akhenaten
- Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Town manufactories, Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92
- Medium: Pottery
- Dimensions: L. 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1921
- Object Number: 21.9.43
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
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