IDNO

P.9686.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Charm bottle Pitt-River Mus. Farnham.

A witch or charm bottle constructed from a glass? bottle plugged with a cork into which nails are stuck and then tied down with cords. [JD 29/10/2008]

Place

Europe British Isles; United Kingdom; England; Farnham; Pitt River Museum

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Unprovenanced”, but the matching print is identified as being held at the Pitt Rivers Museum. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 29/10/2008]

Related Object: There is no artefact with a matching description in the Pitt Rivers Museum online catalogue. [JD 29/10/2008]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 29/10/2008]