M0018502: Wand of Office of a the Scottish Medical Institution, c.1855

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Wand of Office of a Scottish Medical Society.

Photograph of a silver Wand of Office. At the head is a thistle surmounted by two demons in a squatting position. Hallmarked, London. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1932 and accessioned in 1941 (accession number R572/1941). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

March 1961

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the item: R572/1941

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.