Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
95.32.001 AB
Accession#:
95.32
Credit Line:
Donated by the Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Mortar & Pestle
Title:
Round White Porcelain Assay Mortar & Pestle
Date:
1980
Description:
A — " 3.375 inch by 5.5 inch heavy round white porcelain used assay mortar. Inscription printed in blue—green near lip. Has pouring spout.
B — Pestle is round white porcelain with inscription in blue—green near rounded, bulbous working end.
Inscription: A — "Coors USA 520—3 3 G"
B — "Coors USA 520—3 13—I"
B — Pestle is round white porcelain with inscription in blue—green near rounded, bulbous working end.
Inscription: A — "Coors USA 520—3 3 G"
B — "Coors USA 520—3 13—I"
Notes:
Donated by U.S. Bureau of Mines on Mayflower Island (a.k.a. Juneau Island) in Douglas. These items were used in their now defunct assay laboratory. Bureau of Mines (Alaska) has now been absorbed into Bureau of Land Management.
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Round White Porcelain Assay Mo
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