2-721-280 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mortar, 14th century?, (1881). Etching of a mortar, a receptacle used in cooking or pharmacy, in which ingredients are crushed or ground. It was possibly made early-mid 14th century, in England or Flanders. The relief decoration features the Virgin and Child. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]