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An elaborately carved metal mortar bell, German, 1545. Etching by W.W. McCarty.
Wellcome Collection

An elaborately carved metal mortar bell, German, 1545. Etching by W.W. McCarty.

W.W. McCarthy

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Mortar. Bell metal. German or Flemish. 1545. H, 6£ in (Bernal Coll) S,K,M (No. 2175-'55) W.W. McCarty, fecit.

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