M0017498EB: Markings on a leech jar

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Photograph of the markings on the bottom of an Essex type leech jar: raise mark of Alcock and beehive. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and given accession number A85291. It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0017498EA

M0017498EB: Markings on a leech jar

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