Miniature brass mortar and pestle

Made:: 1700-1900

Miniature brass mortar and pestle, mortar engraved with crude deep geometric and foliate patterns, possibly Italian, 1700-1900

Details

Category:: Pharmacy-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A604123

Materials:: brass

Measurements:: mortar: height 50 mm
mortar: diameter 45 mm
pestle: height 58 mm
pestle: diameter 7 mm

type:: mortars and pestles

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