Accession No
1556
Brief Description
Biscuit porcelain pestle and mortar; made by Wedgewood; circa 1800
Origin
Stoke-on-Trent; England
Maker
Wedgewood.
Class
medical
Earliest Date
1800
Latest Date
1800
Inscription Date
Material
wood; ceramic (porcelain)
Dimensions
mortar height 80 mm; max diameter (neck) 150 mm; breadth 159mm; pestle length 213 mm; max diameter 38mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Inscription
‘WEDGEWOOD MADE IN ENGLAND’ (on pestle)
Description Notes
Biscuit porcelain. Bowl shaped mortar with lip. Pestle with wooden handle and porcelain tip.
Condition good; complete
References
Events
Description
A pestle and mortar is used to grind up substances often to a powder. A pestle and mortar such as this one would have been used to prepare various medicines.
FM:40094
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