Mortar

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Mortar

Entry/Object ID

PM.65.2

Description

Mortar, cast gold-tone, heavy, with widely flared mouth, and two handles in form of dolphins: mold-inscribed top band: "LIEEDE VERWINT ALLE DINCK* AO 1622" ("Love conquers all things, 1622"); second band of fruit and leafy scroll motifs; third band, delicately molded, of vine forms, four-petaled flowers, and bossed cartouches with "ANO 1622".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1622

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SP.6330

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Top

Height

5-1/2 in

Diameter

6-3/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 6 3/16 in. (14 x 15.7 cm)

Material

Bell metal

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Bell metal is an alloy of four parts copper to one part tin (similar to bronze, it contains a greater ratio of tin) [Jessa J. Krick, 8/27/2019].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Upper Kitchen