Large octagonal bronze mortar

Made:
1601-1800
Large octagonal bronze mortar, slightly flared rim, flared foot

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Large octagonal bronze mortar, slightly flared rim, flared foot
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Large octagonal bronze mortar, slightly flared rim, flared foot, base bowed and cracked through use, 7 diamond shaped studs one perforated handle, possibly North African (?) 17th or 18th centuries

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A604439
Materials:
bronze
type:
mortars