Object Details
- Description
- This bronze mortar has a flared rim, beaker-shaped body with six vertical gothic style ribs and a twisted applied handle. A hand written note placed inside mortar reads, "Probably Spanish/ 16th c./ or french". Urdang catalogued this mortar as Germanic, early 15th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0088
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05641
- collector/donor number
- SAP 353
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- gothic (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.2 cm x 13 cm x 12.3 cm; 4 in x 5 1/8 in x 4 13/16 in
- unspecified
- Germany
- 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
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994055
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b6d2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
