Object Details
- Description
- Gothic-style, beaker-shaped bronze mortar with an applied square handle and three vertical ribs. The ribs extend from a horizontal rib just below the neck to a horizontal rib just above the base of the vessel. Urdang believed this mortar to be of Germanic origin of the late 15th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0092
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05645
- collector/donor number
- SAP 357
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- gothic (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.4 cm x 19.5 cm x 16.7 cm; 7 1/4 in x 7 11/16 in x 6 9/16 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
- Religion
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994059
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c1b3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
