Mortar

Object Name:

Mortar

Object ID:

1945.007 a

Date:

circa 1620

Description:

Mortar. Wood, turned. Dark brown, dense, tight-grain. Conical-shaped sides that taper to small broad groove then expands to flat-sided foot. Side has several scattered decorative turned grooves. Paper label on bottom held by adhesive tape around its edges. Several lines of hand-printed text in brown ink: "This p[iece] is desc[end]ed / from Susannah White / Whose mother Mary William / ......White came over / in Mayflower / ........Johnson & Susannah White / ......neis......Sarah Wyman / Samuel Tay & Sarah Johnson / Tay / Gen. Isaac Eastman & Abigail / Tay / Samuel Eastman... / Mary Brown / Cyrus Robinson & / Mary Fran... X Eastman." The rest is obliterated.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-8.2 Dia-8.9 inches

Provenance:

Mortar and pestle, brought to America in 1620 by Dr. Samuel Fuller whose sister was Susannah (Fuller) White (mother of Peregrine White) and later wife of Gov. Winslow. She had a daughter Mary Fuller White, and a granddaughter Susannah Johnson. The objects then descended to her daughter Sarah Wyman, then to Sarah Johnson Tay, then to her son Gen. Isaac Eastman, then to his son Samuel C. Eastman, then to his daughter Mary Eastman Robinson, then to her sons C. E. and George O. Robinson, then to their children, George E. Robinson (East Concord, NH), Cyrus H. Robinson (Waltham, MA), and Mrs. Frances Robinson Heines (Jacksonville, FL).

Credit Line:

Gift of George E. Robinson

People:

Fuller, Samuel, Winslow, Susannah