M0017724: Leyden jar, Italian, 18th century

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Leyden jar, Italian, Leyden jar, Italian jar, 18th century. Early example.

Photograph of an early example of a Leyden jar, Italian, 18th century. Inside is a large quantity of gold leaf. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

January 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.