The mystery and romance of alchemy and pharmacy (1897)
Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943 · London, The Scientific press, ltd. · leaf 251
d mould-ing. The inside was roughened with splintersof flint or hard stone, or hard-burnt earthen-ware, which was fixed on with a kind of slip or liquid clay withwhich the Romansfinished their ware.A wooden pestlewas used with thesemortaria, which° 3. were no doubt chiefly employed for triturating… … The Antiquity and History of the Mortar. 233 Some of the smaller mortaria found arecomposed of a very white clay of a vitreouscharacter burnt hard like porcelain, and are non-absorbent. These were probably used for mixingmore delicate condiments. There were large manufactories for mortariain…
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