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Mortar and Pestle

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-61122

Description

Brown; drum shaped, incised bands; cylindrical with handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mortars (grinding tools)
pestles
turning (shaping process)
Tool, Food Grinding
Pestle, Food
Pestle, Food

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10 1/2 (H), 6 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.1711AB

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