Cream marble mortar and pestle

Made:
1501-1900

Cream marble mortar and pestle, possibly European, 1501-1900

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658997
Materials:
marble
Measurements:
mortar: height 76 mm
rim: diameter 77 mm
base: diameter 64 mm
pestle: length 130 mm
pestle, max.: diameter 35 mm
type:
mortars and pestles

Parts

Mortar

Mortar

Cream marble mortar, possibly made in Europe, 1501-1900

Materials:
marble
Object Number:
A658997/1
type:
mortar
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pestle

Pestle

Cream marble pestle, possibly made in Europe, 1501-1900

Measurements:
overall: 130 mm 35 mm,
Materials:
marble
Object Number:
A658997/2
type:
pestle
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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