M0017488: Porcelain leech and tamarind jars

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Leech and Tamarind jars.

Photograph of a leech jar and a tamarind jar, both made of the same ware: porcelain with blue marbling on a white ground. title: Leech and Tamarind jars. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1939 (accession numbers R3123/1939 and R2179/1939)

1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R3123/1939 and R3179/1939

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.