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MORTAR AND PESTLE

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

The mortar has a lip on one side for pouring. Around the sides are a scattering of flowers and about the upper edge a lattice design. The pestle is similarly decorated.

Object name:
MORTAR AND PESTLE
Made from:
Hard paste porcelain
Made in:
Paris, France
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.144.1-2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK; LABEL On the bottom part of a label: Porcelaine de Paris (with part of crossed arrows); Made in Paris; Also a pseudo Oriental mark in red and an incised C
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973