Object Details
- Description
- Gothic beaker-shaped body with a squareish handle and flared mouth. There are five tapering vertical ribs on the body which terminate in paw feet.
- Urdang believes this mortar to be of Germanic origin from the 15th century. Testing with an X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer was unable to conclusively determine the type of metal used in the manufacture of this mortar.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0091
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05644
- collector/donor number
- SAP 356
- Object Name
- mortar
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- gothic (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.3 cm x 17 cm x 14.8 cm; 6 13/16 in x 6 11/16 in x 5 13/16 in
- overall: 6 7/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 17.4625 cm x 17.145 cm x 14.9225 cm
- 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_994058
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c1b9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
