Passion bottle

Made:
1870-1920 in France
Large glass bottle containing glass amulets and religious

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Large glass bottle containing glass amulets and religious
Science Museum Group Collection
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Passion bottle, blown glass, containing coloured glass pendants and religious symbols suspended from hollow, bulbous glass tubes in "holy" water, De Mortillet collection, Liesse, French, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A659694
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
overall: 415 mm 140 mm, 4.412 kg
type:
bottles
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust