M0013612: Silver medicine spoon, c.1828

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Silver medicine spoon, circa 1828

Photograph of a silver medicine spoon, said to have been sometimes used for feeding pap or castor oil, to children, patented by Gibson, Bishopsgate Street, c.1828. This item was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

July 1954

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm print; 16 x 11 cm

Copyright 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.