M0018462: Silver pap boat, 1785-1786

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Pap boat, silver, marked 1785-1786

Photograph of a silver pap boat, marked 1785-1786, made by Hester Bateman. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1919 and accessioned in 1919 (accession number in R10895). It is not held by Wellcome Collection

February 1961

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R10895

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.