M0019803EB: Two walking sticks or canes surmounted by pomanders

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Two walking sticks or canes

Photograph of two walking sticks or canes of the type carried by physicians, mounted with silver and surmounted by a pomander. The one on the left previously belonged to Sir Francis Blake of Ford Castle, Northumberland. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1933 and accessioned in 1938 (accessioned number R2349/1938). The one on the right is dated 1703. It was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and given accessioned number A134272. Related images: M0019803EA

February 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: A134727 and R2349/

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.

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