Small squat bronze mortar with flared foot and rim

Made:
1501-1700

Small squat bronze mortar, flared rim and foot, flat base, ribbed lugs and motif, bronze pestle trumpet-shaped grinding end, ribbed handle, Spanish (?), 16th or 17th century

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A12742
Materials:
bronze
Measurements:
height 75 mm
rim: diameter 125 mm
foot: diameter 90 mm
pestle: length 175 mm
type:
mortars and pestles

Parts

Bronze mortar

Bronze mortar

Bronze mortar, flared rim and foot, flat base, ribbed lugs and decorative motif, possibly Spain, 1501-1700

Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
A12742/1
type:
mortar
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bronze pestle

Bronze pestle

Bronze pestle trumpet-shaped grinding end, ribbed handle, possibly Spain, 1501-1700

Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
A12742/2
type:
pestle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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