Pestle
- Object Name:
- Pestle
- Object ID:
- 1977.502.026
- Description:
- Pestle. Three pieces. Medium gray stone. 1. PE, 2. ST, 3. LE assigned designation for clarity. Roughly cylindrical, tapered in shape. Piece LE has rounded end with slight oval cross-section at end. Piece PE definitely oval, end rounded with chips and abrasions. On one side of whole piece of the whole pestle, pieces and chips missing from surface that coincide with some boundary layer lines. Obviously some chips missing around each of the breaks. Core of stone darker gray. On side opposite, surface damages, fine longitudinal lines in stone corresponding with boundary lines. Brown surfaces in broken and chipped areas. Piece ST darkened and shiny area on one side, probably tape residues.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- L-13.2 inches Weight-31.8 oz
- Provenance:
- Gift of Mrs. W. W. Flint, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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