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Pestle
Pestle

Pestle

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ClassificationsHousehold Goods
Credit LineGift of Stephen S. Bressler
Object number148.90.2
Object DescriptionHeavy brass pestle brought (with its mortar) to the US in 1922 by Sarah Melcer Bressler of Yasinya in the Carpathians.
Keywords
  • Tenement
NotesSarah Melcer Bressler, paternal grandmother of the donor, was born in Delatyn, Poland. She went to live in Yasinya upon marriage. In the US she lived in the Bronx, New York; she died in NY in 1939.
Mortar and pestle
Mortar and pestle
Object number: 148.90.1
Mortar and pestle
Mortar and pestle
Object number: 148.90.1-2
Candlestick
Candlestick
before 1922
Object number: 149.90.1

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