Silver touchpieces

Silver touchpieces

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Silver touchpieces
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Silver touchpieces, given to the sick in the ceremony of healing by touch, issued by Henry IX, Cardinal of York, 1788-1807

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A641069
Materials:
silver
Measurements:
weight 2 g
diameter 21 mm
type:
touchpieces