M0019988: Woman wearing a closed pomander around her neck

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Pomander, closed

Photograph from an unknown source of a pomander supposed to protect its owner, especially from plague, by the sweet smelling substance it contained. Museum object? Anything on physical slide? No

January 1965

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 10 x 12 cm

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.