Mortar

Alberghetti Foundry

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).
Culture: Italian, Venice
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Classification: Metalwork
Dated: 1551–80, (model), (possibly cast in France, first half of the 19th century)
Pixels: 1944 × 2076
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Alberghetti Foundry. Mortar, 1551–80, (model), (possibly cast in France, first half of the 19th century). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.