Amulet, metal pendant in the shape of a fish, with a 'Stanhope Peep' lens where the eyes are, an articulated tail, and a loop for suspension. [RB 03/04/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, metal pendant in the shape of a fish, with a 'Stanhope Peep' lens where the eyes are, an articulated tail, and a loop for suspension. [RB 03/04/2012]
Long description: Amulet, metal pendant in the shape of a fish, with a 'Stanhope Peep' lens where the eyes are, an articulated tail, and a loop for suspension. The 'Stanhope Peep' is lens through which a miniature image of religious scenes and text can be seen. One of the images is of Calvary hill, the site where Jesus was Crucified, with three crosses on it. The tail of the fish is made up of articulated segments, so that the last five segments move from side to side. [RB 03/04/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Bouches-du-Rhône
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: By 1931
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material White Metal, Material Glass, Material Silver Metal, Process Jointed
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 40 x 8 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.748 Other numbers: 1440 R 15169/ 1936
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour in the pamphlet accompanying the Reading Room displays at the Welcome Collection with the caption “Fish with Stanhope Peep lens Metal and glass France RRa0148/1985.52.748 Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.”

Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Amulet, Fish Figure, Pendant

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