Small bell-shaped bronze mortar

Small bell-shaped bronze mortar, flared rim and foot, flat base

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Small bell-shaped bronze mortar, flared rim and foot, flat base
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Small bell-shaped bronze mortar, flared rim and foot, flat base, decorated with profiles of Charles II, very worn, English, late seventeenth century

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Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A654576
Materials:
scales, brass, scales, steel, scales, silk, case, oak, case, iron, case, brass and case, wool
Measurements:
scales: width 216 mm
scales: height 212 mm
scales: depth 70 mm
case: length 178 mm
case: height 212 mm
case: depth 29 mm
type:
mortars