Object Details
- Description
- One of the larger mortars in the collection, this bronze cast crushing device sits on a turned wooden base. It has a wide flayed mouth and an elaborately molded body with raised horizontal rings and bands of flowers and vines. Marked in applied bands on the upper body, "LI DONNA TIDELL AQVILA . M AP I754". Urdang catalogued this mortar as Italian in origin.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 1754
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0140
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05693
- collector/donor number
- SAP 405
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- molded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 23.5 cm x 29 cm; 9 1/4 in x 11 7/16 in
- 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
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994110
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-669d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
