Mortar and Pestle
date: label: date made
content: 1700 - 1800
notes: label: Description
content: This mortar and pestle was owned by the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th and 19th century. While the mortar and pestle is often associated with pharmaceuticals, it was an essential kitchen tool for grinding plants and spices into powder.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place used
content: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006836
label: accession number
content: 28810
label: catalog number
content: 006836
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Object Name
content: pestle
label: Object Type
content: mortar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-mortar: 4 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall-pestle: 7 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 3.175 cm