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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Title: | Mortar and Pestle
| | Date Made: | ca. 1717
| | Type: | Food Processing
| | Materials: | bronze
| | Place Made: | Europe
| | Measurements: | Overall: 8 in x 9 3/8 in x 8 in; 20.3 cm x 23.8 cm x 20.3 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH SK B.14.N.21.1
| | Credit Line: | Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
| | Museum Collection: | The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: A very fine old, cast bronze mortar and double end pestle. Two prong handles on the mortar. Mortar marked: GEDEON * PETINEAV * 1717 * and the figure of a halberdier. Mortar - Height 5 3/4" Diam. 7 3/4". Pestle - Length 9 1/4" Diam. 1 1/2". Cat. 5/17/1934.
Subjects:
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