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A lignum vitae mortar and pestle, early 18th century
of bell-krater shape, with incised and moulded reeded ornament to the rim, on a domed foot, the pestle with ring banded handle terminating in a mushroom-shaped pommell, the mortar -- 11 5/8in. (29.5cm.) diam, 11¾in. (29.7cm) high; the pestle -- 16½in. (41.8cm) long
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of bell-krater shape, with incised and moulded reeded ornament to the rim, on a domed foot, the pestle with ring banded handle terminating in a mushroom-shaped pommell, the mortar -- 11 5/8in. (29.5cm.) diam, 11¾in. (29.7cm) high; the pestle -- 16½in. (41.8cm) long
See Illustration. (2)