Galvanic brooch of black vulcanite
- Made:
- 1870-1920 in Oxford Street
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Galvanic brooch of black vulcanite, with cherub holding fistfuls of lightning on one side and on the reverse, inset copper plate with eight electric bolts radiating from a central object (fist? lightbulb?). Two holes drilled all the way through, as if for mounting. Identical to A106003 and A602783, similar to A602795. Made in Oxford Street, London, 1870-1920.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A124306
- Measurements:
-
overall: 8 mm x 74 mm x 53 mm, .041 kg
- type:
- plaques
- credit:
- Woods, C.H.
