Handle only of folding medicine spoon

Made:
199 BCE-500 CE in Roman Empire
Handle only of folding medicine spoon, bronze, decorated, Roman

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

Handle only of folding medicine spoon, bronze, decorated, Roman
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Handle only of folding medicine spoon, bronze, decorated, Roman, 199BC-500AD

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A646092
Materials:
bronze
Measurements:
handle: length 65 mm
handle: width 16 mm
handle: thickness 11 mm
type:
medicine spoon

Related Objects

Glass jug, Roman, 251-450 AD

Glass jug, Roman, 251-450 AD
Wooden corbel caved in form of head of caricature head, perhaps Breton, 17th or 18th century; decoration: carved middle aged male face with very exaggerated features, especially the eyes, wearing severe cap like lawyers which frames the face. Made in France, perhaps Brittany.

Wooden corbel carved in form of caricature head
Bronze statuette of the winged god Mercury, possibly Roman

Bronze statue of the god Mercury, probably Roman, c. 400BC-400AD.

Carved wooden figure of Job covered in boils, Europe, 1750-1850

Thigh tourniquet, Roman, 199 BCE-500 CE

Rectal speculum, Roman, 199-500 CE