Square carved wooden drug mill on a tall thin turned stand with flat circular base

Square carved wooden drug mill on a tall thin turned stand with flat circular base, grinding apparatus and handle missing, North African, 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A654827
Materials:
mahogany, ? material
Measurements:
height 265 mm
mill: width 105 mm
mill: depth 100 mm
base: diameter 150 mm
type:
mills

Parts

Wooden medicine mill

Wooden medicine mill

Part of a square carved wooden medicine mill, North Africa, 1701-1900

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A654827/1
type:
mill
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Base for a wooden medicine mill

Base for a wooden medicine mill

Circular base for a wooden medicine mill, North Africa, 1701-1900

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A654827/2
type:
base - object component
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum