Incense stick Holder - Eye of Horus jasmine the black veins are manganese

the black veins are manganese oxide

After the royal tour of 1901

most water-sensitive material in the house

The Greek amethystos meant "not drunk" - carried across the classical world as a guard against excess

which holds it at the correct angle

Incense stick Holder - Eye of Horus jasmine the black veins are manganeseA round cast metal incense holder with the Eye of Horus engraved at its centre and a detailed geometric pattern around the rim. The Wadjet motif the ancient Egyptian eye appears across decorative arts from the dynastic period through Mediterranean trade goods and into later European Egyptian revival metalwork, with the contemporary cast metal version sitting in this long lineage. The sturdy disc form holds a single incense stick at a slight angle