Context (Labels & Markings)
Printed label affixed to object reads 'Exhibit No. 41'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to object reads: 'bronze mortar with arms of Commonwealth. (B[ough]t Mrs Head, 1909)',and perhaps in a later hand, '[?].v.H'.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Labels & Markings)
Etched on base: '4'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Labels & Markings)
Faded printed stamp on base reads: 'CAMBRIDGE. University Museum of Archaeology & of Ethnology'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Field collection)
Bought from Mrs Head 1909

Event Date 1909
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
For BB 1910.143 A-E: 'Accession Register: 'Bronze mortars.'
Event Date 1910
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
For BB 1910.143 A-E: 'Five mortars and one pestle.
Event Date 23/8/2000
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
For BB 1910.143 C: 'bronze mortar, with arms of commonwealth. Additional label reads: "Exhibit No 47"'
Event Date 23/8/2000
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Analysis)
The Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth displaying England (St George's Cross) and Ireland (harp), without imagery orepresenting Scotland, means that this could date to 1649-1653.
Event Date 8/2/2024
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
Mortar of copper alloy. Flared, everted rim with incised line; body tapers slightly into a flared, ridged base. Body is decorated with three equally spaced apart coat of arms displaying St George's Cross and a harp in each shield, representing Commonwealth of England and Ireland, encircled by a wreath. Dimpling of surface.
Event Date 8/2/2024
Author: Clare McKenna