M0007018: Green earthernware leech jar
- Date:
- 30 July 1940
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/60/7
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Leech jar, 18th-19th century.
Description
Photograph of a green earthenware leech jar with gilt decoration, c.18th-19th century. The jar was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 14th February 1940 (R547/1940) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.
Publication/Creation
30 July 1940
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R547/1940.
Notes
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 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request