- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Glazed pottery snail. [El.B 31/10/2008]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Portuguese
- Person
- Field collector Frederick Thomas Elworthy
- PRM source Somerset Archaeological Society
- PRM source Somerset County Museum, Taunton
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1903
- Date collected
- 1903
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 07/1968
- Materials and processes
- Material Porcelain Pottery, Process Glazed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 108 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1968.13.380
- Research and responses
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.
Search terms: Religion, Trade, Figure, Pottery, Amulet, Animal Figure
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