Black velvet smoking cap
Black velvet smoking cap, with flower embroidery and a tassel. Franz Hartmann, a faithful student and intimate friend of Hahnemann, who took part in early proving, wrote: How grateful to him was the leisure he [...]
Leather case containing a letter from Hahnemann and a lock of his hair
Red leather case with metal clasps and lined in red velvet. This contains a letter in French from Hahnemann. It is set behind glass and includes a lock of his hair. The letter states: Je [...]
Green silk smoking cap
Green silk smoking cap, embroidered with a leaf design. Provenance: Dr R Haehl, the collection of Mazzini Stuart
Bronze relief of Hahnemann, and lock of hair
Wooden plaque set with a bronze relief portraying Hahnemann's head and a small glass oval below containing a lock of hair and a handwritten note from Mélanie and Samuel sent to their friend, Rev Thomas [...]
Beer glass
Beer glass etched with the name of a German brewery, Lauchstädter Brunnen, in Hahnemann's father's home town; it is also marked with the measure, 150G.
Large wooden case
Large wooden (mahogany ?) case with metal inlay. Unable to be opened as it is locked and there is no key. There is an accompanying note describing the contents and stating that they were prepared [...]
Pipe bowl and shank
Bowl and shank of pipe, carved from horn, with painted pattern. Provenance: Dr R Haehl, the collection of Mazzini Stuart
Saucer
Wedgwood bone china saucer, Sandon pattern; gold-edged, decorated with images of butterflies and flowers. Marked on underside: WEDGWOOD / BONE CHINA / MADE IN ENGLAND
Teacup
Wedgwood bone china teacup, Sandon pattern; gold-edged, decorated with images of butterflies and flowers. Marked on base: WEDGWOOD / BONE CHINA / MADE IN ENGLAND / "SANDON" W.D. 4010
Tea plate
Wedgwood bone china tea plate, Sandon pattern; gold-edged, decorated with images of butterflies and flowers. Marked on underside: WEDGWOOD / BONE CHINA / MADE IN ENGLAND
Leather case containing leather card case and visiting cards
Black leather case, containing a leather card case with metal clasp and a pencil, 2 visiting cards inscribed Samuel Hahnemann and Rue de Milan and Rue de Clichy, and 4 small folded papers for homeopathic powders. [...]
Commemorative plate
White ceramic plate with a design in gold leaf round the border and a painted inscription in Latin in centre. The inscription states that it was presented to Hahnemann on the occasion of his 75th [...]
Presentation cut crystal cup with lid
Decorated presentation cut crystal cup with lid; etched with Hahnemann's face and inscribed, zum 10 April 1832 Von Dr. Uttomur. This is likely to have been a 78th birthday gift to Hahnemann from Dr Attomyr. [...]
Leather case
Leather travelling case, with metal clasps, for glass cup and lid presented to Hahnemann by Dr Attomyr (see previous entry). Labelled: Medical Cup used by Samuel Hahnemann Provenance: Dr R Haehl, the collection of Mazzini Stuart
Small paper box containing a lock of Hahnemann’s hair
Small round pink paper box containing a lock of Hahnemann's hair. The handwritten inscription on the lid states, in French, that this was given to Mr Peter Stuart by Sophie von Boenninghausen, Mélanie Hahnemann's adopted [...]
Small paper box
Small card/paper box, empty but lined with cotton wool; a gift from Mélanie Hahnemann to the wife of Rev Thomas Everest. Handwritten, in French, on lid: A sa / bonne Amie / Madame Everest / [...]
Amethyst ring
Small box containing a gold-mounted amethyst ring, engraved with a portrait of Hahnemann. After Hahnemann's death, Mélanie gave his ring to Dr Thomas Skinner. It later came into the possession of a Dutch noble family; [...]
Souvenir notebook with pencil and locks of hair
Small souvenir notebook in tooled gold-coloured leather, with a metal binding, pencil, notepad and 4 loosely folded papers containing locks of hair, most probably Hahnemann's.
British Homeopathic Associations and Journals
There have been many British Homeopathic Societies and Associations, and many British homeopathic journals in the past, ancestors to our present day organisations. The following is a work in progress, listing them all. In 1847, [...]