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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 289314, member: 5833&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Yes, I know, this thread unraveled a long time ago.&nbsp; Adding what I know for anyone who might come along in future looking for answers.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">The ring is striking in its bold simple shape &amp; use of Egyptian motifs.&nbsp; Placing the cartouche so it sits crosswise on the finger is a design choice that makes it look more like intaglio rings from antiquity.&nbsp; It was not made in Egypt.&nbsp; It does not have Egyptian marks &amp; the style is nothing like the traditional styles they continue to use, particularly for tourist items.&nbsp; The mark as oriented in the first photo looks to me like it may have said &#039;HAND MADE&#039;.&nbsp; Likely enough that it was inspired by one of the times the King Tut show toured.&nbsp; Some of the choicest items made the international rounds in the mid-60s; a larger show was in New York in 1976, &amp; went to other stops.&nbsp; Ankhs became common in the jewelry of the years between.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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