M0014275: Mortar and pestel and pieces of red and yellow clay, probably Neolithic

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Mortar and pestel; pieces of red and yellow clay, probably Neolithic.

Photograph of the items on display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The mortar and pestle were found in Cornwall and were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R1192/1937 and R1193/1937). They were transferred to the British Museum in 1966.

October 1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R1192/1937 and R1193/1937 (image 80)

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.