M0019800: Protection against witches. two glass herb bottles containing snipperts of coloured paper and coloured threads

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Protection against witches. Glass, so called herb bottles,

Photograph of two glass bottles, one containing snipperts of coloured paper, the other containing coloured threads. The first was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R666/1938). The other was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R617/1938).

February 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R666/1938 and R617/1

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.

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