Mortar & Pestle

Item Information

Title:
Mortar & Pestle
Description:
Wooden mortar and pestle, both painted bright green, barrel-shaped mortar with molded rim and corresponding foot, turned pestle with round knob to handle; thick and sturdy.
Date:
1830–1860
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
oak (wood)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
mortars (grinding tools)
pestles
cookware
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Oak
Turned
Painted
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
6 3/4 in. x 5 1/4 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/2408
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.431AB
Identifier:
2408