Heavy bell-shaped bronze mortar

Made:
1601-1800
Heavy bell-shaped bronze mortar, flat out-turned base

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Heavy bell-shaped bronze mortar, flat out-turned base
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Heavy bell-shaped bronze mortar, flat out-turned base, flaring rim, possibly English, 17th or 18th centuries

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A127781
Materials:
bronze
Measurements:
height 156 mm
rim: diameter 174 mm
base: diameter 142 mm
type:
mortars
credit:
Campbell, D.

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