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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Mortar and pestle
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Mortar and pestle

CultureAmerican
Date19th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 10 in. (19.1 x 12.1 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by Friends of the Myers House
Object number53.35.6
On View
On view
DescriptionWooden mortar and pestle. Mortar is small and shallow; flares in towards bottom and out again; line incised in around from top. Pestle has a rounded top and bulging neck; long body.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House/Old Kitchen
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
No Date
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
Classic; Post Classic
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Brass Founder
Federal period, early 19th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Brass Founder
Federal period, early 19th century
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020.
Christian Wiltberger
ca. 1785-1800
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2021.
Lauren Fensterstock
2021
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Corey Pemberton
2021