Brass padlock

Made:
1831-1920 in England
Brass padlock, inscribed "secure lock", maker obscured

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Brass padlock, inscribed "secure lock", maker obscured
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Brass padlock, inscribed "secure lock", maker obscured, to cure pain in side or back and also to prevent miscarriage, English(?), 1831-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665234
Materials:
brass
type:
padlocks
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust