Bronze mortar and pestle

Made:
1607 in Netherlands
maker:
Heinrick Ter

Bronze mortar and pestle, 2 fish-shaped handles, 2 bands of decorative moulding, by Heinrick Ter Horst, Dutch, 1607

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A16199
Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy)
Measurements:
mortar: Height = 1030 x Diameter = 940 mm
type:
mortar and pestle
credit:
Pelissier, Avignon