- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, double-sided oval pendant, with a printed figure of the Virgin Mary, and the head of Christ, with a silver mount and loop for suspension. [ACA 10/07/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, double-sided oval pendant, with a printed figure of the Virgin Mary, and the head of Christ, with a silver mount and loop for suspension. On one side there is printed pink border with a black and white oval image of the Virgin Mary printed in the centre. Beneath the image is the inscription "La Médaille Miracse". On the other side there is a solid black image of the head of Christ painted on a gold background. [ACA 10/07/2012]
- 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, Material Glass, Material Pigment, Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Painted, Process Printed, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Height: max 62 mm, Width: max 38 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2099 Other numbers: 4199
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Inscription, Neck Ornament
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