Galvanic brooch of black vulcanite, with cherub ho
- Made:
- 1870-1920 in Oxford Street
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
- Object Number:
- A124306
- type:
- plaques, folk medicine (general), representation magnetic materials, amulets, folk medicine (general), plaques, representation
- credit:
- Woods, C.H.
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