Shark skin case

Made:
1790 in England
Shark skin case Shark skin case

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Shark skin case
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Shark skin case
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Shark skin case, with silver medal (enclosed in inner glass case) commemorates the third attempt to end the corporation and test acts, issued by Manchester Church and King Club, maker P.F.(?), medal English, 1790

Details

Category:
Wellcome Medals
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A97940
Materials:
silver, sharkskin, silk and velvet
Measurements:
case: diameter 57 mm
medal: diameter 46 mm
medal and ring: length 62 mm
type:
commemorative medal