Object: Show mortar and pestle of mercury or silvered glass. Used to reflect light onto show globes. Mortar: Height alone: 6.25 inches, height with pestle: 10 inches, top circumference: 21 inches, base circumference: 19.25 inches. Pestle: Length: 10 inches, ball circumference: 6.25 inches, base circumference: 6.34 inches (not shown).; The C. Wayne Weart, PharmD Pharmacy Artifact Collection
Photograph: black and white; Baildon & Son Storefront, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh. Depicts typical apothecary's shop front with show globes on display. Example of ""severe simplicity"" of shop-front. Displays only show globes in front windows. Carboys are typically relagated to top of the window, but here they are shown in plain view.
