- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, large marble of clear glass with twisted streaks of red, white and green. Mounted in silver with chains and globular pendants. [CW [OPS move] 25/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1985
- Date collected
- By 1985
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Material Glass, Process Bent, Process Hammered, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 32 mm, Height: max 88 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.50.715
Search terms: Religion, Toy and Game, Ornament, Children and Childcare, Amulet, Game Accessory
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