Bronze bell-shaped mortar with pestle

Made:
1766-1788 in London
maker:
Beardmore Foundry

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

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A604890
Materials:
bronze and iron

Parts

Bronze bell-shaped mortar

Bronze bell-shaped mortar

Bronze bell-shaped decorated mortar with everted rim, moulded foot rings and pedestal base, by Beardmore foundry, London, England, 1766-1788

Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy) and iron
Object Number:
A604890/1
type:
mortar
Long pestle with bulbous end

Long pestle with bulbous end

Long pestle with bulbous end, by Beardmore foundry, London, England, 1766-1788

Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy) and iron
Object Number:
A604890/2
type:
pestle