Mortar and pestles

Made:
100 BCE-500 CE

Mortar and pestles, pottery mortar, three small stone pestles, provenance unknown, 100BC to 500AD

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A602825
Materials:
mortar, pottery, first pestle, stone, white, second pestle, stone, black and third pestle, stone, black
Measurements:
mortar: diameter 300 mm
mortar: height 93 mm
first pestle: length 94 mm
first pestle: diameter 32 mm
second pestle: length 33 mm
third pestle: length 25 mm
type:
mortars and pestles

Parts

Pottery mortar

Pottery mortar

Pottery mortar, with pouring lip, provenance unknown, 100BCE to 500CE

Materials:
pottery
Object Number:
A602825/1
type:
mortar
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pestle

Pestle

Black stone pestle, provenance unknown, 100BCE to 500CE

Materials:
stone
Object Number:
A602825/2
type:
pestle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pestle

Pestle

Stone pestle, provenance unknown, 100BCE to 500CE

Materials:
stone
Object Number:
A602825/3
type:
pestle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pestle

Pestle

Stone pestle, provenance unknown, 100BCE to 500CE

Materials:
stone
Object Number:
A602825/4
type:
pestle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum