Mortar and Pestle

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Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-57161

Description

Brown with a circular foot, reel stem, incised body; bulbous pestle; contrasting burl

Details

Descriptive Terms

mortars (grinding tools)
pestles
cookware
mahogany (wood)
staining
turning (shaping process)
Mortar
Mortar

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11 3/4 (H), 4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4153

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