Amulet of sea horse, with four bells and a suspension chain. [SM 01/07/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet of sea horse, with four bells and a suspension chain. [SM 01/07/2008]
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Naples
Cultural groups: Italian
Person: Field collector Frederick Thomas Elworthy; PRM source Somerset Archaeological Society; PRM source Somerset County Museum, Taunton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1905
Date collected: circa 1890 - 1905
Acquisition information: Loaned: 07/1968
Materials and processes: Material Silver Metal, Process Soldered, Process Perforated, Process Incised, Process Hammered, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Height 71 mm, Width 78 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1968.13.184
Associated publications: Relevant publications: The Evil Eye, an Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition, by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, London. John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1895. Horns of Honour and Other Studies in the By-ways of Archaeology, by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, London, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1900. [GI 30/4/2001]

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