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  • A hand mill with four mortars operated by two assistants. Engraving, 16--, after J. Besson.
  • A bell-founder with his stock of bells, mortars, braziers etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A witch at her table being helped by her attendant: they are surrounded by various bottles, mortars and jars. Etching by W. Unger.
  • A seventeenth-century German apothecary's shop with ornate pharmacy jars, large metal mortars and a stuffed turtle hanging from the ceiling; recreated for the German National Museum in Nuremberg. Photograph by Christof Müller.
  • A mortar
  • 17th century mortar
  • Mortar with carved wood lion.
  • Mortar with carved wood lion
  • Mortar, Lignum Vitae 18th century
  • Pocket case with small mortar and pestle.
  • Egyptian mortar of blue faience, New Kingdom
  • Ancient Egyptian Kohl pot minature pestle and mortar
  • Bronze mortar with three lugs, Florence (Capt. Saint)
  • A man using a mortar and pestle, Sudan (?)
  • A man using a mortar and pestle, Sudan (?)
  • Illuminated "I": man using pestle and mortar, 13th C
  • Illuminated "P": man using pestle and mortar, 13th Century.
  • Statue of Saint of Damian represented with pestle and mortar.
  • A Chinese man standing, holding a pestle and mortar. Watercolour.
  • A mortar adorned with unusual carvings. Etching by J. Breun, 1849.
  • An ancient pestle and mortar found in Aix-les-Bains. Photograph.
  • Apothecaries' Hall: an ancient mortar, with details of its decoration. Engraving.
  • An elaborate metal mortar, German, 1545. Etching by W.W. McCarty.
  • Sudan: a man grinding with a large pestle and mortar. Photograph, ca. 1920.
  • Sudan: a man grinding with a large pestle and mortar. Photograph, ca. 1920.
  • An apothecary using a pestle and mortar to make up a prescription. Coloured etching.
  • An apothecary using a pestle and mortar to make up a prescription. Coloured etching.
  • An apothecary using a pestle and mortar to make up a prescription. Coloured etching.
  • An apothecary grinding a mixture with his pestle and mortar, amidst a working town. Woodcut by Brant(?).
  • An apothecary (a man using pestle and mortar). Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 18th century.