Small squat bronze mortar with pestle

Made:: 1501-1700 in France

maker:: Unknown

Small squat bronze mortar with pestle, mortar has thick out-turned base and thick everted rim, 8 motifs, 4 of which are fleur-de-lys, pestle has decagonal handle with circular finial, possibly French, 1501 to 1700

Details

Category:: Pharmacy-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A604827

Materials:: bronze

Measurements:: mortar: height 53 mm
rim, mortar: diameter 89 mm
base, mortar: diameter 55 mm
pestle: length 205 mm
pestle, maximum: diameter 38 mm

type:: mortars

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