Flower-pot shaped mortar and pestle

Made:: 1801-1900

Wooden mortar and pestle, mortar resembles flower pot, pestle has pear-shaped grinding end and tapering handle, European, probably nineteenth century

Details

Category:: Pharmacy-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658956

Materials:: wood

Measurements:: mortar: height 112 mm
mortar: diameter 139 mm
pestle: length 202 mm
pestle, max.: diameter 53 mm

type:: mortars and pestles

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