Cream marble bowl-shaped mortar with 4 lugs as rim

Made:
1501-1900
Cream marble bowl-shaped mortar with 4 lugs as rim

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Cream marble bowl-shaped mortar with 4 lugs as rim
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Cream marble bowl-shaped mortar with 4 lugs as rim, probably European, 1501-1900

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658904
Materials:
marble
Measurements:
height 110 mm
rim, incl. lugs: diameter 254 mm
base: diameter 85 mm
type:
mortars

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