Mortar and pestle

Item Information

Title:
Mortar and pestle
Description:
Green-painted, turned and chip-carved maple mortar with turned pine pestle.
Date:
1700–1800
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
chip carving
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
pestles
cookware
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
maple (wood)
Maple
Turned
Painted
Carved
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
6.125 in. (H) Diameter: 5.75 in.; 8.5 in. (H)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/8346
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.543AB
Identifier:
8346