Ormolu openwork mount from badge

Made:: 1850-1890 in France

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Ormolu openwork mount from badge depicting caduceus flanked by
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Ormolu openwork mount from badge depicting the rod of Asclepius (Greek: Asklepios; Latin: Aesculapius), shown as a snake entwined around a staff, flanked by oak and arbutus (?) leaves, French, 1850-1890

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Category:: Wellcome (general)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A86008

Materials:: ormolu

type:: military badges

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