Tall thin bronze mortar

Made:
1700-1800

Tall thin bronze mortar, flat base, flared rim, 2 squared handles, long bronze pestle with 2 trumpet-like ends, Dutch(?), 1700-1800

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A43707
Materials:
bronze
Measurements:
height 132 mm
rim: diameter 128 mm
foot: diameter 88 mm
max.: width 140 mm
pestle: length 215 mm
pestle, max. (approx.): width 45 mm
type:
mortars and pestles
credit:
Schaeffer

Parts

Bronze mortar

Bronze mortar

Bronze mortar with flat base, flared rim, 2 squared handles, possibly the Netherlands, 1700-1800

Measurements:
overall: 132 mm 128 mm,
Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
A43707/1
type:
mortar
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bronze pestle

Bronze pestle

Double ended, bronze pestle, possibly the Netherlands, 1700-1800

Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
A43707/2
type:
pestle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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