Object Details
- Description
- Beaker-shaped mortar with flaring mouth. Six gothic-style vertical ribs extend from the neck to the base of the mortar. At the waist is a small rope-style handle with a rusty hammered ring looped through the handle. Urdang attributes this mortar to 16th century Spain.
- Analysis of the metal July 15th, 2009 using a X-Ray Florescence Spectrometer indicates the forged ring attached to the handle is predominantly iron. However, the analysis of the mortar was inconclusive and could not definitively determine its composition.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ca 16th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0103
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05656
- collector/donor number
- SAP 368
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.3 cm x 12 cm; 4 7/16 in x 4 3/4 in
- place made
- Spain
- unspecified
- Spain
- 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_994069
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-783f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
