M0018458EA: Silver gilt pap boat with cockle shell handle, 1810-1811

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Pap boat-decorated edge and cockle shell handle.

Photograph of a silver gilt pap boat with a decorated edge and cockle shell handle, date marked 1810-1811, made by Crispin Fuller. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1929 (accession number R29819). Related images: M0018458EB

February 1961

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R29819

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 2022.

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