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Title: Mortar
Artist:
Alberghetti Foundry , Venice
Date: 1551–80, (model), (possibly cast in France, first half of the 19th century)
Culture: Italian, Venice
Medium: Copper alloy with a high content of tin, some lead, and no trace of zinc; the usual trace elements of iron, nickel, silver, and antimony are present, confirming that this is an alloy of fire-refined copper, certainly dating before about 1880; dark brown patina.
Dimensions: H. 21.3 cm, diam. 24.5 cm (rim).
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Object Number: 1975.1.1367
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