Mortar
Alberghetti Foundry
1551–1580
- 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).
- Genre
- Metalwork