M0016434: Two gold touch-pieces of Queen Elizabeth I

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Two gold touch-pieces of Elizabeth I.

Photograph of two gold touch-pieces of Queen Elizabeth I presented at the Healing Touch. The obverse of one is shown and the reverse of the other. One was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1914 and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R4732). The other was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and given accession number A125613.

October 1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for one of the items: acc. number R4732

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.