Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mortar and pestle
Object Number:
Z.1050ab
Date:
1855-1875
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Part (mortar): 7 x 6 1/2 in. (17.8 x 16.5 cm)
Part (pestal): 1 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (4.1 x 32.1 cm)
Marks:
painted: on body: " John McClellan, M.D. /Born June 27th 1773. / Died October 18th 1855"
Description:
Cast iron square-bucket mortar with solid conical base; body is not aligned with base; painted incription. Cast iron dumbbell-shaped pestle.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
