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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1700 - circa 1800; Classification(s): sculpture, pestle, carving, ivory elaborately carved; Acquisition: given by Peck, Ernest Saville, 1940, Given by E. Saville Peck [M.40 & A-1940]
Description: Ivory, elaborately carved. The mortar is decorated with bands of ornament:-
a) at the top: a plain rim.
b) a band of stylised foliated scroll-work with three medallions, each containing a fabulous beast with a foliated tail.
c) a band of key-hole ornament
d) a band of stylised foliated scroll-work with four medallions, each containing a rosette
Around the thick short stem the mortar has several mouldings, including another band of key-hole pattern.The pestle handle is decorated with a scale pattern with a band (at the top and bottom) of key-hole pattern. A bulbous knob terminates the handle, and is carved with a triangular pattern. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | sculpture pestle Unknown | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1700; end=1800 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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