Small Mortar (Wedgewood Imprint?)
Credit LineGift from St. Joseph's Health Care London, 2008
Object number2008.005.019
Label TextPharmaceutical mortar and pestles were used to crush ingredients to make powders for medical use. Powders could be mixed together to create a prescription or administered by doctors to speed up absorption. It is likely that this mortar and pestle was used for pharmaceutical purposes. Traditionally, pharmaceutical mortars and the heads of pestles are ceramic, and the pestles have wooden handles.
NameMortar, Pharmaceutical
