Amulet, oval metal locket [.1] and detachable lid [.2], which both have religious figures on them, with a loop for suspension. [RB 24/05/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, oval metal locket [.1] and detachable lid [.2], which both have religious figures on them, with a loop for suspension. [RB 24/05/2012]
Long description: Amulet, oval metal locket [.1] and detachable lid [.2], which both have religious figures on them, with a loop for suspension. On the locket [.1] there is a figure of the Virgin Mary and the words 'S MARIA LAVANT[?]', and on the lid [.2] there is another figure of the Virgin Mary cradling a child appearing above the roof of a building. The locket opens, but does not contain anything. [RB 24/05/2012]
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy
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 Copper Alloy Metal, Material Silver Metal, Process Cast
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1489 Other numbers: 3054