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LicenseSilver pendant, possibly worn to identify hospital patients
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Silver pendant, possibly worn to identify hospital patients
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Silver badge
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Silver badge
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Silver badge, possibly worn round neck to identify patients of the Marseille Hospice, artist unknown, French, 1800-1890
Patients of the Marseille Hospice in France during the 1800s reputedly wore this tiny pendant as a form of identification. It is made of silver and engraved on the reverse are the words ‘HOSPICE DE MARSEILLES’ and the number 1207. This is possibly a patient identification number. On the front is a head and shoulders image of a saint-like figure. His head is covered in a cap and mounted with a halo. The pendant was made by an unknown artist.
Details
- Category:
- Wellcome Medals
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A676976
- Materials:
- silver
- Measurements:
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overall: 20 mm x 13 mm
- type:
- pendant
