Mortar (Fragment) and Pestle

Mortar (Fragment) and Pestle

 
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Object Name: 
Mortar (Fragment) and Pestle
Department
European
Category
Baroque
Place Made: 
probably Netherlands, Amsterdam
Date: 
possibly 1600-1699
Color
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dark green
Technique
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glassblowing
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off-hand process
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
(a) Mortar H: 10.2 cm, W: 14.2 cm, D (max preserved): 12.5 cm; (b) Pestle L (max preserved): 13.1 cm, Diam (rounded end): 3.9 cm
Accession Number: 
2006.3.78
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Wunsch Foundation, Inc.
Location: 
On Display
Description
Opaque dark green appearing black, corroded glass; blown, hot worked. Hemispherical shaped bowl (a) with cylindrical shaped pestle (b). Both pieces fragmentary.
Provenance
Wunsch Foundation Inc., Source
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2007-04-01 through 2007-10-21
West Bridge Show; traveling to The Gallery at Steuben in 2008 (cancelled 6-2008)
Alchemy: Magic, Myth or Science?
Venue(s)
Bruce Museum 2009-09-26 through 2010-01-03
 
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery
Exhibition: Glass of the Alchemists (2008-06-26) illustrated
Alchemy & Glass: The Mystery Explored at Corning Museum (2008-06-20) illustrated
Alchemy & Glass: the Mystery Explored at Corning Museum (2008-06-20) illustrated, p. 46;
The Gather (2008) illustrated, cover;
Glass of the Alchemists (2008) illustrated, p. 145, fig. 5; BIB# 103865
The Mystery of alchemy and its Influence on Baroque Explored at The Corning Museum of Glass illustrated

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