- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, pendant in the shape of a heart, with religious figures in relief on both sides, cast in silver, with a broken loop for suspension. [RB 09/07/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, pendant in the shape of a heart, with religious figures in relief on both sides, cast in silver, with a broken loop for suspension. On one side of the pendant is a figure of the Virgin Mary standing in-between weighing scales. On the other side is an image of the Crucifixion. [RB 09/07/2012]
- 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 Silver Metal, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 35 x 23 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2082 Other numbers: 4176
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Neck Ornament, Crucifix
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