Large bell-shaped mortar with decorative motifs around body

Made:: 1656 in England

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Large bell-shaped mortar with decorative motifs around body, inscribed Richard Hamson, possibly the maker, probably English, 1656

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Category:: Pharmacy-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658813

Materials:: brass

type:: mortars

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Large bell-shaped mortar with decorative motifs around body

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