M0007018: Green earthernware leech jar

Date:
30 July 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/60/7
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Credit

M0007018: Green earthernware leech jar. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Leech jar, 18th-19th century.

Description

Photograph of a green earthenware leech jar with gilt decoration, c.18th-19th century. The jar was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 14th February 1940 (R547/1940) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

30 July 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R547/1940.

Notes

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 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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