Object Details
- Description
- Urn-shaped cast bronze mortar with a pestle and a lid to keep the contents from spilling onto the work surface. The pestle has an acron-shaped finial.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ca 1800
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0141
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05694
- collector/donor number
- SAP 406
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- cast (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 26 cm x 12 cm; 10 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994111
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-669e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
