Perfume bottle in the form of a hand making the sign of the manofica

Made:
1801-1900 in Italy

Glass perfume bottle, and amulet, in the form of a hand making the sign of the manofica, with chain for suspension, painted with coloured flowers, possibly Italian, 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A641969
Materials:
glass and silver, ? material
type:
perfume bottle
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust