Unglazed ceramic Wedgwood mortar with pouring lip

Made:: 1880-1920 in England

maker:: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Limited

Unglazed ceramic Wedgwood mortar with pouring lip

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Unglazed ceramic Wedgwood mortar with pouring lip
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Unglazed ceramic Wedgwood mortar with pouring lip, with ceramic and wood pestle, for use in food preparation, English, 1880-1920

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Category:: Domestic Appliances

Object Number:: 1974-174

Materials:: ceramic (unspecified) and wood (unidentified)

Measurements:: overall (pestle): 275 mm x 65 mm, 0.545kg
overall (mortar): 115 mm x 220 mm, 3.217kg

type:: pestle and mortar

credit:: Rowles, M.M.

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Unglazed ceramic Wedgwood mortar with pouring lip

Unglazed ceramic Wedgwood mortar with pouring lip, for use in food preparation, English, 1880-1920

Measurements:: height 115 mm
diameter 215 mm

Materials:: whole, ceramic

Object Number:: 1974-174 Pt1

type:: mortar

Pestle with wooden handle and unglazed ceramic grinder

Pestle with wooden handle and unglazed ceramic grinder, for use with Wedgwood mortar during food preparation, English, 1880-1920

Measurements:: length 285 mm
diameter 60 mm

Materials:: grinder, ceramic and handle, wood, probably oak

Object Number:: 1974-174 Pt2

type:: grinder

Unglazed ceramic Wedgwood mortar with pouring lip

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Unglazed ceramic Wedgwood mortar with pouring lip

Pestle with wooden handle and unglazed ceramic grinder

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