American Toby Jug Museum 

Tutankhamen character jug modeled by William K. Harper and produced by Royal Doulton of Burslem, England, in a 1998 limited edition of 1,500 commissioned by Lawleys By Post. Tutankhamen (circa 1343-1325 B.C.) was born of the royal Egyptian family and, at the all too-young age of eight or nine, had the mantle of king and pharaoh thrust upon him. Evidence indicates that he succeeded Smenkhkare and was the last of the true Armana pharaohs. Known affectionately as the boy king, Pharaoh Tutankhamen reigned because of his marriage to the beautiful Ankhesenamun, the third daughter of Akhenaten, Egyptian Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and Nefertiti. After the death of Akhenaten, the priests of the god Anon forced him to abandon the Armana religion. The boy king died in his late teens and remained at rest in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings until his tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Unopened for over 3,300 years, the tomb still contained most of its spectacular treasures, now often on display in traveling exhibits throughout the world. The King’s body, in a threefold nest of solid gold coffins, has been restored to his tomb. Tutankhamen is in modern times the most famous of the Pharaohs, and the only one to have a nickname in popular culture, “King Tut.” Horus, Hawk God of the Sun forms the handle of the jug.