Phrenology Round Dish
Phrenology Round Dish
Description
Phrenology Round Dish
About Phrenology: English science in the Victorian era was fascinated by the human brain.
Phrenology was one of the imaginative results of highly creative research.
Moods, knowledge storage, creativity and sensitivity are some of the "faculties" that were carefully listed and endowed with a precise location in the skull.
A doctor's office was not complete without a mock-up of a skull describing the areas associated with each of the various faculties.
Dimensions: 13 x 2.2cm
Material: Glazed terracotta
You buy 1 trinket, not the whole.
Pillar Candle by Cabinet de Cire for Curiositas - Leaving...
Pillar Candle by Cabinet de Cire for Curiositas
Model: Leaving the grave
Made in France
Palmistry hand in metal - Divination Art
Metal palmistry hand - Divination
Metal hands engraved in French for the art of palmistry
Antique brass church candlestick with leaves and bunch of...
Antique 3-branch church candlestick
With brass leaves and bunch of grapes
19th century - Napoleon III
A 3-light candlestick
Chimera bronze piano candle holder - XIXth century
Chimera bronze piano candle holder
Wax jack
19th century
Spearhead gypsum crystal from Seine et Marne - Size S
Spearhead gypsum crystal from Seine et Marne
Brass plate number per unit - Numbered oval brass plate
Brass plate number per unit
Numbered oval brass plate
Large Naturalist Magnifier - Morpho Didius butterfly XL-MM
Naturalist Magnifier
Morpho Didius butterfly from Peru
Louis XIV soft leather notebook - Maison Merci Louis
Louis XIV notebook from Maison Merci Louis
Dimensions: 10x15cm - 36 blank white pages
Soft notebook in patinated leather
Phrenology Glass Coaster - BLACK
Phrenology Glass Coaster
Diameter: 10cm
Material: Metal-rimmed glass
Archimedes screw magnifier - Photographer's Achromatic...
Archimedes screw magnifier - Photographer's Achromatic focusingmagnifier
Photographer's magnifying glass from the late 19th century, early 20th century
When taking a photograph, the photographer would use this focusing magnifier against the frosted glass of his camera to assess the sharpness of the image formed.
Four-leaf clover - 4-leaf clover - Clover pebble -...
4-leaf clover - Four-leaf clover
Clover pebble
Botanical inclusion of Trifolia repens
Grown in France
Pillar Candle by Cabinet de Cire for Curiositas -...
Pillar Candle by Cabinet de Cire for Curiositas
Model: Entomology Goliath beetle
Made in France
Four-leaf clover - 4-leaf clover Stone - Botanical...
4-leaf clover - Four-leaf clover
Clover Stone
Botanical inclusion of Trifolia repens
Grown in France
Phrenology Round Dish