- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet of silver. Ovals with images of a saint on one side and a ?reliquary on the other, set inside an ornate filigree pendant with a suspension loop at the top. [BA [OPS move] 21/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1906
- Date collected
- 1906
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Filigree, Process Struck, Process Moulded, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 41 mm, Length: max 54 mm, Depth: max 6 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.681
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Insignia, Figure, Medal, Pendant, Amulet, Religious Object
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