Brooch, either miraculous bread disc originally embossed with figure of St Nicholas

Made:
1870-1930
Brooch

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Brooch
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Brooch, either miraculous bread disc originally embossed with figure of St Nicholas, or brooch originally with imitation camelion, either Tolentino, Italy or Whitechapel, London, 1870-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132448
Materials:
steel, pin and brass, backing
Measurements:
length 21 mm
width 16 mm
thickness 6 mm
type:
brooch
credit:
Lovett, E.R.

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