Stone mortar and wooden pestle

Made:: 500-1900

Stone mortar, rough-hewn, and wooden pestle, Europe, 500BC-AD1900

Details

Category:: Pharmacy-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A602845

Materials:: stone and wood

type:: mortar

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Parts

Stone mortar

Materials:: stone

Object Number:: A602845/1

type:: mortar

Wooden pestle

Materials:: wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: A602845/2

type:: pestle

Stone mortar and wooden pestle

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Parts

Stone mortar

Wooden pestle

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