Object Details
- Description
- Cast mortar with two low relief ornamental bands of foliate scrollwork and two applied dolphin handles in the center of the body. The rim is marked "LOF GODT VAN AL Ao 1609" which means Prasie God Above All.
- Wittop Koning attributed this mortar to the Dutch trade city of Deventer on the river IJssel.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 1609
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0118
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05671
- collector/donor number
- 383
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0118
- Object Name
- mortar
- mortar and pestle
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- molded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.8 cm x 12.4 cm; 4 5/8 in x 4 7/8 in
- overall, mortar: 4 5/8 in x 5 in x 4 7/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 12.7 cm x 12.3825 cm
- overall, pestle: 1 1/4 in x 6 11/16 in; 3.175 cm x 16.9545 cm
- place made
- Netherlands
- Netherlands
- 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
- Medicine
- Record ID
- nmah_994083
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7845-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
