Object Details
- Description
- This bell-shaped eide mouth bronze mortar has five vertical gothic-style ribs at the waist. A single semi-circular is applied at the waist.
- Urdang catalogued this mortar as Germanic, early 15th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0087
- catalog number
- M-05640
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 352
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- gothic (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.7 cm x 13 cm x 12.1 cm; 3 7/16 in x 5 1/8 in x 4 3/4 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
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994560
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c1b8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
