Mortar
Object type: Mortar
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Culture: Italian, Venice
Artist: Alberghetti Foundry
Artist role: Artist
Date: 1551–80, (model), (possibly cast in France, first half of the 19th century)
Medium: Copper alloy with a high content of tin, some lead, and no trace of zinc; the usual trace elements of iron, nickel, silver, and antimony are present, confirming that this is an alloy of fire-refined copper, certainly dating before about 1880; dark brown patina.
Dimensions: H. 21.3 cm, diam. 24.5 cm (rim).
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975