Pestle
- Object Name:
- Pestle
- Object ID:
- 1949.013.01 b
- Creator:
- Kimball, David (1775-1850)
- Place of Origin:
- Gilmanton, NH
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Pestle, turned wood. Medium brown, fine-grained hardwood. Roughly cylindrical terminating in small shoulder which then tapers to mushroom-cap end. Several wear grooves in bottom end of pestle that correspond with checks and or grain pattern in wood.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-9.5 Dia-2 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by David Kimball (1767-1854), the father of Hannah B. Kimball Clark (1802-1884) in Gilmanton, NH. Hannah and her husband, Nathan Clark, lived first in Gilmanton and later in Belmont, NH. Catherine D. Morrill was the granddaughter of Hannah B. Clark.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Catherine D. Morrill
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