- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, lead medallion with a figure of St Joseph holding flowers, painted on paper, with 'St Joseph' written below, with a loop for suspension. [ACA 18/04/2012]
- 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 Lead Metal, Material Glass, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Material Ink, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Height: max 35 mm, Width: max 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.914 Other numbers: 1794
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Pendant, Neck Ornament
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