Loadstone, mounted in brass
- Made:
- 1558-1603
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Loadstone, mounted in brass, used for curing diseases by touch, in box, Elizabethan, 1558-1603
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A71952
- Materials:
- loadstone, brass, loadstone, iron, loadstone, mineral and box, paper
- Measurements:
-
stone: length 32 mm
stone: width 17 mm
stone: height 40 mm
- type:
- lodestones
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
