![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/362/large_thumbnail_smg00209059.jpg)
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/362/large_thumbnail_smg00209059.jpg)
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/443/452/large_thumbnail_smg00208703.jpg)
Marble pestle
200 BCE-400 CE
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/11/large_thumbnail_smg00208626.jpg)
Double-ended cylindrical stone pestle
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/443/432/large_thumbnail_smg00208621.jpg)
Black stone pestle
1501-1600
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/520/890/large_thumbnail_smg00207342.jpg)
Wooden pestle, African, 1801-1920
1801-1920
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/520/879/large_thumbnail_smg00207330.jpg)
Wooden pestle, possibly Middle East, 1801-1900
1801-1900
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/420/764/large_thumbnail_smg00207248.jpg)
Pestle, stoneware, glazed
1850-1950
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/415/125/large_thumbnail_smg00207315.jpg)
Wooden pestle, reputedly Spanish, 1601-1850
1601-1850
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/365/large_thumbnail_smg00209062.jpg)
Stone pestle
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/411/373/large_thumbnail_smg00204316.jpg)
Bronze pestle, double-ended, Italian, 1450-1700
1450-1700
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/420/806/large_thumbnail_smg00207290.jpg)
Wood pestle, no provenance
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/420/795/large_thumbnail_smg00207279.jpg)
Wood pestle, probably Fraech, 1801-1920
1801-1920
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/18/large_thumbnail_smg00208633.jpg)
Stone pestle
1501-1900
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/443/440/large_thumbnail_smg00208691.jpg)
Marble pestle, no provenance
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/492/large_thumbnail_smg00209352.jpg)
Ivory pestle
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/29/large_thumbnail_smg00208645.jpg)
Red stone pestle with fibrous binding round butt
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/415/151/large_thumbnail_smg00207380.jpg)
Pestle, bronze, double ended with central flange
1601-1800
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/415/146/large_thumbnail_smg00207375.jpg)
Iron pestle
1759-1870
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/371/458/large_thumbnail_smg00058308.jpg)
Grey stone poi (?) pounder, conical with transvers
1801-1920
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/520/937/large_thumbnail_smg00208639.jpg)
Single stone pestle
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/371/455/large_thumbnail_smg00058303.jpg)
Solid bell-shaped stone pestle with rounded grinding end
1601-1900
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/499/large_thumbnail_smg00209359.jpg)
Ivory pestle
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/493/large_thumbnail_smg00209353.jpg)
Ivory pestle
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/380/339/large_thumbnail_smg00059081.jpg)
Stone pestle
1601-1900
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/380/395/large_thumbnail_smg00059306.jpg)
Ivory implement
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/442/480/large_thumbnail_smg00167623.jpg)
Grey stone
1801-1920
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/380/390/large_thumbnail_smg00059300.jpg)
Ivory pestle, phallic, African
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/427/403/large_thumbnail_smg00094100.jpg)
18th century Spanish pestle from Jesuit Pharmacy
1700-1790
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/23/large_thumbnail_smg00208638.jpg)
Stone pestle, no provenance
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/26/large_thumbnail_smg00208642.jpg)
Polished stone pestle, no provenance
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/421/25/large_thumbnail_smg00208641.jpg)
Red stone pestle, polished, no provenance
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/404/283/large_thumbnail_smg00172574.jpg)
Solid ivory pestle
1871-1925
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/402/246/large_thumbnail_smg00172744.jpg)
Tip of ivory tusk used as pestle for tobacco mortar of ivory fetish figure
1890-1920
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/434/161/large_thumbnail_smg00161990.jpg)
Wooden pestle, possibly African, 1801-1930
1801-1930
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/442/628/large_thumbnail_smg00168250.jpg)
Small stone pestle, from Cuzco, Peru, 501-1800
501-1800
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/380/389/large_thumbnail_smg00059299.jpg)
Wood pestle, possibly African, 1801-1920
1801-1920
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/513/996/large_thumbnail_smg00262210.jpg)
Stone pestle, India, 1601-1850
1501-1900
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/374/416/large_thumbnail_smg00061981.jpg)
Stone pestle or pounder club-shaped
1890-1910
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/412/725/large_thumbnail_smg00208904.jpg)
Pestle, small, wooden
1871-1900
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/398/981/large_thumbnail_smg00060372.jpg)
Polished wooden pestle with long handle which overhangs pounder
1851-1910
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/412/709/large_thumbnail_smg00208888.jpg)
Pestle, marble, crooked finger shape
200-200
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/432/207/large_thumbnail_smg00165367.jpg)
Ivory pestle with handle carved into the form of a figure
1871-1914
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/412/710/large_thumbnail_smg00208889.jpg)
Pestle, marble, crooked finger shape
200-200
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/411/298/large_thumbnail_smg00204240.jpg)
Bronze pestle
1501-1800
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/443/446/large_thumbnail_smg00208697.jpg)
Stone pounder, no provenance
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/413/863/large_thumbnail_smg00198311.jpg)
Metal pestle, double-ended
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/386/761/large_thumbnail_smg00059684.jpg)
Kitta wood pestle, from Sudan, 1850-1920
1850-1920
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/426/644/large_thumbnail_smg00196623.jpg)
Pestle, wood, wormeaten
1600-1900
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/411/349/large_thumbnail_smg00204291.jpg)
Bronze double-ended pestle with central flange
1701-1725
![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/411/345/large_thumbnail_smg00204287.jpg)
Bronze pestle, European, 1601-1800
1601-1800