2257 – Charm or Talisman in form of claw and pig

Physical description:

Charm in the form of a white glass claw surmounted by a small silver pig with a suspension ring on its back. The tip of the claw is chipped off. Accretions on the back indicate that the object may have been attached to a display board in the past.

Museum classification:

Spells and charms

Size:

37x10x5

Information:

This may be a WWI soldier's charm as it was found with a collection of soldiers' charms. There are identical examples in other collections - possibly the Scarborough museum, Cuming Museum or Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology - to be checked. T.Cadbury, 6/09/2011.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

glass and silver

This may be a WWI soldier's charm as it was found with a collection of soldiers' charms. There are identical examples in other collections - possibly the Scarborough museum, Cuming Museum or Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology - to be checked. T.Cadbury, 6/09/2011.