Galvanic brooch of black vulcanite, with cherub holding fistfuls of lightning on one side and, on the reverse, inset copper plate with eight electric bolts radiating from a central object (fist? lightbulb?), surrounded by the words 'PALL MALL ELECTRIC ASS'N | LONDON GALVANIC-GENERATOR'. Four holes drilled into reverse side, two of which go all the way through, as if for mounting. Identical to A124306 and A602783, similar to A602795.
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A106003
- Measurements:
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overall: 8 mm x 85 mm x 53 mm, .033 kg
- type:
- galvanic brooches
- credit:
- Browning, T.
