M0019804EA: Two walking sticks or canes surmounted by pomanders

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Two walking sticks for physicians

Photograph of two walking sticks of the type carried by physicians, both surmounted by pomanders in chased steel. The one on the left is probably 17th century and was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and given accession number A500351. The other was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1915 (accession number R1172). Related images: M0019804EB

February 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm/photographic print; 9.5 x 15.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: A500351 and R1172

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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