Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Mortar and pestle
Object Number:
1920.140ab
Date:
ca. 1700-1800
Medium:
Wood, stone
Dimensions:
Part (a, pestle): 9 × 2 1/8 × 2 in. (22.9 × 5.4 × 5.1 cm)
Part (b, mortar): 8 × 5 in. (20.3 × 12.7 cm)
Description:
Cylindrical wood or treenware mortar taken from a cross-section of a branch or tree; stone pestle with rounded grinding end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
