Object Details
- Description
- This skillet has a flared bowl, a round handle and three legs with feet in the shape of animal paws. In The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue pharmaceutical historian George Urdang attributes the skillet to the 16 century of Rhenish origin. Many of the apothecary's tools such as this skillet were similar to cooking utensils found in homes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0944
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 1032
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0944
- Object Name
- skillet
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.1 cm x 44.7 cm x 29 cm; 5 9/16 in x 17 19/32 in x 11 13/32 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
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994381
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7821-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
