Miscellaneous >> 18TH C LIGNUM VITAE MORTAR & PESTLE
A Good Sized 18th Century Lignum Vitae Mortar and Pestle. with a rounded rim pestle, over a collar and horizontal ringed moulding, the cylindrical body curving at the base to a concave socle, before the flat foot, with a rounded mould edge and straight sided plinth. The pestle with a button top, over the shank tapering outward and downward to the outward swept and horizontal ringed cap of the lobbed grinder. The mortar height 9 inches, 23cm. The mortar diameter 5 3/4 inches, 14.5cm. The pestle 11 1/4 inches, 29cm long. Date circa 1770.Ref: 24253a
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