Bronze mortar with lettering and floral decoration

PART OF:: Nineteen antique bronze mortars and five pestles

Bronze mortar decorated with worn lettering on the outside rim

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Bronze mortar decorated with worn lettering on the outside rim
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Bronze mortar decorated with worn lettering on the outside rim and crude (flower?) decoration at the waist, 11.6cms diameter, 8.9cms high.

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Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1919-506/14

Materials:: bronze (copper, tin alloy)

type:: mortar

credit:: Newlands, M.A.

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Bronze mortar with lettering and floral decoration

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