M0017504: Italian pomander, 17th century

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Pomander, Italian, 17th century

Photograph of an Italian pomander, 17th century, with six sections opening outwards. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1921 (accession number R12829)

1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R12829

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.