During his life Edward Lovett (1852-1933) amassed a huge collection of objects mostly relating to his passion for folklore, charms, amulets and superstitions. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat [THREAD] 
Lovett worked for much of his life at the Bank of Scotland in London, rising to the rank of Chief Cashier, but in his leisure time he took great pleasure in his collecting trips to the working-class areas of London. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
Lovett searched all over London for these amuletic necklaces and drew this map charting were he had found them being sold. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
He acquired a wealth of material from sites such as herbalist shops, the barrows of costermongers and the city's dockyards. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
This is one of the many necklaces Lovett collected in London. They were believed by their wearers to ward off diseases such as Bronchitis. This particular necklace was collected in Woolwich. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
This animal tooth Lovett collected was carried in a pink and blue bag in the hope that the carrier's toothache would be transferred to the tooth. (now on display in our exhibition 'Teeth'). #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
These moles feet were also purchased from Lovett. As an amulet against toothache, moles’ feet have a much longer and wider tradition, being recommended by the Roman writer Pliny in the first century CE. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
Lovett corresponded closely with Henry Wellcome and his curatorial staff. The relationship resulted in The Folklore of London exhibition, curated by Lovett, and held in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1916. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
In 2011 Wellcome exhibited 'Charmed Life: Solace of Objects', which featured a selection of Lovett's amulets and charms. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
Lovett's vast collection has made it far and wide into many other museum collections
And dolls!
