Decorative wooden pillar
Carved wooden pillar of a figure with curled shoulder length hair, and a neck garland, potentially with bindings around waist and hands, on top of a mythical or demonic figure, possibly from a pharmacy, Europe, 1600-1800
Four carved wooden pillars depicting bound female figure supported by a demon
- Made:
- 1600-1800
Four carved wooden pillars depicting bound female figure supported by a demon, European, 17th-18th century, possibly from a pharmacy
Details
- Category:
- Pharmacy-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A631407
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- pillars
Parts
Decorative wooden pillar
Carved wooden pillar of a figure with curled shoulder length hair, and a neck garland, potentially with bindings around waist and hands, on top of a mythical or demonic figure, possibly from a pharmacy, Europe, 1600-1800
Decorative wooden pillar
Carved wooden pillar of a figure with curled shoulder length hair, and a neck garland, potentially with bindings around waist and hands, on top of a mythical or demonic figure, possibly from a pharmacy, Europe, 1600-1800
Decorative pillar
Carved wooden pillar of a figure with curled shoulder length hair, and a neck garland, potentially with bindings around waist and hands, on top of a mythical or demonic figure, possibly from a pharmacy, Europe, 1600-1800
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- A631407/4
- type:
- pillar
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
