Small bowl-shaped mortar and tiny bulbous pestle

Made:
1501-1900

Small bowl-shaped mortar and tiny bulbous pestle, polished reddish brown marble, probably European, 1501-1900

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665004
Materials:
marble, ? material
Measurements:
mortar: height 36 mm
rim: diameter 64 mm
base: diameter 30 mm
pestle: length 60 mm
maximum: diameter 22 mm
type:
mortars and pestles

Parts

Mortar

Mortar

Polished marble bowl-shaped mortar, Europe, 1501-1900

Measurements:
overall: 36 mm x 64 mm 30 mm,
Materials:
marble
Object Number:
A665004/1
type:
mortar
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Marble pestle

Marble pestle

Polished marble pestle, Europe, 1501-1900

Measurements:
overall: 60 mm 22 mm,
Materials:
marble
Object Number:
A665004/2
type:
pestle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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