- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, pottery figure of the Virgin Mary, with traces of paint and gilt. [El.B 16/07/2012]
- Geographical reference
- 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 Pottery, Material Gilt Metal, Material Pigment, Process Moulded, Process Gilded, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 46 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2202 Other numbers: 4385
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Pottery, Amulet, Religious Object
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