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1886.1.1165

Grinder or beater. [ASh [OPS move] 28/10/2016]

1886.1.1165

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Collection type
Object
Description
Grinder or beater. [ASh [OPS move] 28/10/2016]
Long description
Grinder or beater. Black stone pestle, convex base with flared sides and a horned handle with a recess in the centre. The stone has been smoothed and polished. [ASh [OPS move] 28/10/2016]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1878
Date collected
By 1878
Acquisition information
Transferred: 10/02/1886
Materials and processes
Material Lava Stone, Process Carved, Process Polished
Dimensions
Height: max 164 mm, Diameter: max 93 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.1165 Other numbers: 111 1086 1165
Research and responses

* There is a note in the Ramsden collectors volume stating 'Retrospective numbers written in pencil down left hand column June 1975 E.S.G. Collated with A.M. but considerable problems encountered. All Ramsden seem to be in A.M.' Note that this exercise may have been the source of the confusion that occurred during Elizabeth Sandford Gunn's work on the Ashmolean collection with regard to numbers. In some instances, these numbers SEEM to have been used to number the objects (wrongly). [AP 16/7/99] This object is not mentioned in Collectors Miscellaneous XI Accession Book entry - Ramsden coll pages 223 - 255 [AP 21/7/99]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Tool, Grinder, Beater, Food Accessory

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