Pestle with pottery grinding end

Pestle with pottery grinding end, wooden screw-in handle tapering to circular finial, handle is badly-fitting

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A637796
Materials:
pottery and wood
Measurements:
length 243 mm
max: diameter 50 mm
type:
pestles

Parts

Pestle handle

Pestle handle

Wooden screw-in handle, tapering to circular finial, for pestle, 1801-1950

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A637796/1
type:
handle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pestle

Pestle

Pestle with pottery grinding end, 1801-1950

Materials:
pottery
Object Number:
A637796/2
type:
pestle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum