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(A) Mortar is of a shallow bowl form with a squared spout, raised on three legs; (B) pestle.
mortars (grinding tools)
pestles
cookware
carving (processes)
soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Soapstone
Carved
Mortar & Pestle
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.1122
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 7 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1122AB
Title Pestle Accession Number 1991.1122B
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