1700-1850
GUSN-2587
Very heavy, rough-hewn wooden mortar and pestle, lightly painted.
mortars (grinding tools)
pestles
cookware
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
Treen
Wood
Carved
Painted
Mortar & Pestle
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.804A,B
Unknown
9 1/4 (H), 8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.804AB
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