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Large Roman pottery mortar, coarse orange fabric with internal grits, hooked rim, flat external base, rounded internally, possibly Italian, second half of 1st century, excavated in the Forum of Augustus in 1932

Large Roman pottery mortar

50-100
Best composition stoneware mortar

Best composition stoneware mortar

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

Stone mortar and wooden pestle

500-1900
Bronze bell-shaped decorated mortar with everted rim, moulded foot rings and pedestal base, and long pestle with bulbous end, by Beardmore foundry, London, England, 1766-1788

Bronze bell-shaped mortar with pestle

1766-1788
Small squat bronze mortar, flared rim and foot, flat base, moulded lugs alternate with sun masks, Spanish, 17th century

Small squat bronze mortar

1601-1700
Pestle and mortar, cast iron

Pestle and mortar, cast iron

1900-1974
Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Guaranteed Acid Proof", "No. 4", "31 025" and "168 MM

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Guaranteed Acid Proof"

Mortar, stoneware, double-ended, unmarked

Mortar, stoneware, double-ended, unmarked

Mortar, grey-green stone, possibly Scandinavian; with stone pestle

Mortar, grey-green stone

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Davenport" and "7" with an anchor; with ceramic pestle with wooden handle

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Davenport" and "7" with an anchor

Mortar, stoneware, with blue transfer mark "Mason's Patent Ironstone Mortar" surmounted by a crown

Mortar, stoneware, with blue transfer mark "Mason's Patent Ironstone Mortar"

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Neale & Co", c. 1780

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Neale & Co", c. 1780

1780
Pestle and mortar of agate

Pestle and mortar of agate

Mortar of bell metal c.1770

Mortar of bell metal c.1770

1770
Mortar and pestle, used in snuff manufacture, with small leather skin pouch and pick, wood, mortar with ivory rim, Inuit peoples (originally recorded as 'Eskimo'), Canadian, 1880-1930

Mortar and pestle

1880-1930
Small glass mortar, pouring lip on one side.

Glass mortar

1830-1870
Mortar

Mortar

1831-1870
Mortar, glass, with lip.

Mortar

1801-1850
Brass mortar, heavy cup with circular base, machine-turned, fine specimen.

Mortar from Italian Medicine Chest

1780-1850
Glass mortar

Glass mortar

Glass mortar with indented base, curved body and flowering tip.

Mahogany medicine chest, 1801-1850

1801-1850
Mortar, cast iron, 6 inch diameter, with pestle

Cast Iron Mortar with pestle

1900-1940
Mechanical pestle and mortar, patented by Henry Goodall in 1853

Patent Grinding Machine

circa 1853
Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wood" and "3", 19th century

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wood" and "3"

1800
Mortar, stoneware, impressed "S Maw Son & Thompson London" and "6"; with ceramic pestle marked "6" with wooden handle

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "S Maw Son & Thompson London" and "6"

Mortar, green stone, beaker shaped, possibly Dutch or German, with stone pestle

Mortar, green stone

Black stone mortars, flat base, concave sides, 4 conical lugs, flat rim, possibly from Middle East or North Africa, 1501 to 1900

Black stone mortars

1501-1900
Bronze mortar with decorative border round the outside rim and the waist, possibly made at the Whitechapel Foundry, London, mid to late 17th century. 35cm diameter, 28cm high.

Bronze mortar with decorative border round the outside rim and the waist

Mortar, alabaster, unmarked, with alabaster pestle

Mortar, alabaster, unmarked, with alabaster pestle

Mortar, alabaster, unmarked, with alabaster pestle

Mortar, alabaster

Greyish, multi coloured, mortar, made of phenol formaldehyde, 1920-1940

Greyish, multi coloured

1920-1940
Small bronze mortar, flared rim and flat projecting foot, decorated with 4 Commonwealth motifs, English, 1649-1660

Mortar with flared rim and flat projecting foot

1649-1660
Goblet-shaped ivory mortar, decorated with latitudinal lines and grooves, with 2 pestles ( one not belonging to this mortar). Provenance unknown, 1700-1900

Goblet-shaped ivory mortar wuith pestle

1700-1900
Coarse unpolished mortar and pestle, probably for culinary purposes, English, 1850-1950

Coarse unpolished mortar and pestle

1850-1950
Nineteen antique bronze mortars and five pestles

Nineteen antique bronze mortars and five pestles

Bronze mortar and pestle, 2 fish-shaped handles, 2 bands of decorative moulding, by Heinrick Ter Horst, Dutch, 1607

Bronze mortar and pestle

1607
Mortar, with two knobbed handles, and pestle, Sussex iron

Mortar, with two knobbed handles

Mortar, sandstone, with three external lugs (originally four)

Mortar, sandstone, with three external lugs

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood Best Composition"

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood Best Composition"

Small stone mortar

Stone mortar

Stone mortar and pestle

Stone mortar and pestle

Mechanically operated mortar and pestle

Mechanically operated mortar and pestle

Stone mortar, probably Roman

Stone mortar

Glass Mortar

Glass Mortar

Brass mortar, flared rim, carved from the solid two handles at sides

Brass mortar from Italian Medicine Chest

1780-1850
Glass mortar, flat rounded base and lip for pouring, from mahogany medicine chest

Glass mortar

Glass mortar, from wooden medicine chest

Glass mortar

Stone mortar with pouring lip, marbled fabric, chipped rim. Flat base, cylindrical bowl flaring out towards top, v-shaped pouring lip. Two incised lines around centre of bowl.

Mortar from Italian Medicine Chest

1780-1850
Glass mortar

Glass mortar

Mortar (10 x 12 1/2 ins) of bell-metal (weight 86 1/2 lbs), cast by a bell-founder, but bears no founder's name; with pestle (length 16 1/2 ins, weight 17 1/4 lbs); date probably about 1750.

Mortar of bell-metal and pestle