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1800-1850
GUSN-8262
Wooden pestle of long and slender shape (not unlike a baseball bat). Weighted at the bottom with lead filling.
pestles
cookware
carving (processes)
lead (metal)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Lead
Carved
Pestle
Makers stamp at side of bottom end: J. DAY
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Possibly Day, John (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
10 x 2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.394
Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly
Title Mixing bowl Accession Number 1991.397
Title Mixing bowl Accession Number 1991.397
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