Square drug mill on a tall thin stem with flat circular base

Square drug mill on a tall thin stem with flat circular base, iron grinding apparatus and handle, North African(?), eighteenth or nineteenth century

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A653971
Materials:
wood and iron
type:
mill

Parts

Medicine mill

Medicine mill

Square medicine mill on a tall thin stem with flat circular base, iron grinding apparatus and handle, possibly North Africa, 1701-1900

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A653971/1
type:
mill
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Lid for a medicine mill

Lid for a medicine mill

Circular wooden lid for a medicine mill, possibly North Africa, 1701-1900

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A653971/2
type:
lids
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum