Object Details
- Associated Name
- Mayer, Jo
- Description
- Gothic beaker-shaped vessel with a wide flaring rim and a large square handle applied to the body. Five vertical ribs extend down the body from the edge of the neck to the base.
- Urdang attributes this gothic mortar to the late 15th century Germanic states.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0093
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05646
- collector/donor number
- SAP 358
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- gothic (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 cm x 18.9 cm; 2 3/4 in x 7 7/16 in
- unspecified
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994060
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-798a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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