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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Pestle
Object Number
2014-13-1
Description
Nineteenth century wooden pestle. Long handle with bell shaped head.
Provenance
Used by generations of the Farnham family in the kitchen of their farm in Morris, Connecticut. Morris was settled in the 1720s and organized in 1767 as the South Farms parish of Litchfield. It was incorporated as a separate town in 1859 and named for James Morris (1752-1820), a Revolutionary War soldier who opened an academy in town in 1790. The Farnham Farm has been in teh family since 1735.
Category
Dimensions
Height 10.5"
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
