M0017347EB: Ivory diptych dial / M0017349EB: Ivory diptych dial

Photograph of two ivory diptych dials with cases closed, showing the covers. One is possibly from 17th century Nuremburg and is engraved with numbers. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R9292). The other is engraved with a flower. It was purchased at auction by the Musuem in 1923 and accessioned in 1923 (accession number R14981). None of the instruments are held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0017347EA, M0017349EA

April 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R9292 and R15223

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.