1484 – Hand Amulet
- Physical description:
- Replica of a Roman bronze protective hand, incorporating a ram's head and other symbolic shapes. Plus a picture of another example of this hand,
- Museum classification:
- Protection
- Size:
- 205x110x50
- Information:
Scarborough Museum has a small metal hand (held open) which was carried as a good luck charm by a soldier during WWI, and is described as a "King Edward's Hand" (informatiion provided by Tabitha Cadbury - see her report 'The Clarke Collection of Charms and Amulets' in the museum library).
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Blaack Resin
- Copyright ownership:
- Treetrunk Ltd.
Scarborough Museum has a small metal hand (held open) which was carried as a good luck charm by a soldier during WWI, and is described as a "King Edward's Hand" (informatiion provided by Tabitha Cadbury - see her report 'The Clarke Collection of Charms and Amulets' in the museum library).