- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet. A flat silver rectangular box, engraved with scrollwork, with open work on 3 sides. [FB 24/02/2014]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1910
- Date collected
- BOLOGNA 1910
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Incised, Process Forged (Metal), Process Cutwork
- Dimensions
- Length: max 82 mm, Width: max 80 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.612
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Box, Children and Childcare, Amulet, Pendant
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