M0015870: Sections of a three-bladed vaginal speculum, 16th century

Photograph of two sections of a vaginal speculum showing maker's marks: an arrowhead and "M" and an arrowhead and "O". It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R8927/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: accession number R8927/1936

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.