Heart-shaped amuletic locket

Amuletic locket, heart-shaped

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Amuletic locket, heart-shaped
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Amuletic locket, heart-shaped, double-sided with compartments for relics, made of red banded agate with chased silver mount, De Mortillet Collection, European, 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657550
Materials:
silver and agate
Measurements:
height 40 mm
width 26 mm
thickness 14 mm
type:
lockets