Pressed pearwood snuff box, circular, detachable lid embossed with 3 skulls illustrating Dr. Gall's phrenological system as enumerated on the base, tortoiseshell-lined, French, 1796-1815
Details
- Category:
- Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A121099
- Materials:
- pear (wood) and lining, tortoiseshell
- type:
- snuff boxes
- credit:
- Sotheby's
