Gold touchpiece

Made:: 1702-1714 in England

maker:: Croker, John

Gold touchpiece, given at the ceremony of healing by touch, issued by Queen Anne, English, 1702-1714

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A641063

Materials:: gold

Measurements:: overall: 1 mm x 20 mm, 0.002 kg

type:: touchpieces

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