Fig 133 – Portrait Of A ‘Boy With Coral’ Holding A Coral Teething Stem With Bells And Wearing A Coral Necklace. By The English School, c.1650 – 1660
c.1650 – 1660 – Portrait of a ‘Boy With Coral’ – depicting a young infant holding a gold rattle with coral teething stem and bells hung on a red ribbon around his waist; and around his neck, he wears a string of coral beads.
By an Unknown Artist (English School)
Norwich Castle Museum, England
Fig 152 – Gold ‘Whistle And Bells’ Teething Rattle Set With A Bear’s Tooth Amulet. 17th Century
17th Century – Gold ‘Whistle And Bells’ Teething Rattle Set With A Bear’s Tooth Amulet – a long gold decorative rattle, featuring a whistle at one end, an ornate bulbous section decorated with bells and set at the other end with a bear’s tooth amulet for teething.
Length: 17.2cm
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
Friday Flick 1 | Coral Rattles And Infant Death
Friday Flick #1: Today’s flick through my PhD Thesis is about Coral Rattles and their historical associations with protecting children from the ‘evil eye’ as well as infant death. Or did they?