Mortar and pestle

Date
(1920-1969)
 Description
Large mortar and pestle set. Mortar comprises thick-walled porcelain bowl with flattened and curved lip. Pestle has cylindrical porcelain tip and turned wooden handle with circular end knob. Both items bear blue stains from a solution prepared in the bowl.

Originally donated to the Medical Society of Victoria (which later became part of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Medical Association). The A.M.A. loaned its museum collection of documents and artefacts to the University of Melbourne in 1994 and gifted in 2011.

Object detail

Date
(1920-1969)
Medium
porcellaneous stoneware, wood
Measurements
25.4 x 27.2 x 13.3 cm (mortar)
34 x 6.5 cm (pestle)
Accession Number
MHM03963
Credit line
Gift of AMA Victoria, 2011
Inscriptions
specifications/maker's mark ▫ marked on base: '8', 'N' and 'Warrantee Acid Proof' ▫ mortar
marked on tip: '11' ▫ pestle
Object Type
equipment
Named Collection
AMA Victoria
Medical History Museum Category
Pharmaceutical History
Museum
Medical History Museum

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