Mortar

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Object Details

Description

Short, squat, cast bronze mortar with a flared mouth. Four buttress columns alternate between the head of a woman. Urdang suggests the mortar is 16th century spanish and that the face is that of Medusa.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

date made

ca 16th century

ID Number

1991.0664.0104

accession number

1991.0664

catalog number

M-05657

collector/donor number

SAP 369

Object Name

mortar

Other Terms

mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.

Physical Description

bronze (overall material)

gothic (overall style)

Measurements

overall: 7.7 cm x 11.1 cm; 3 1/16 in x 4 3/8 in

place made

Spain

Related Publication

Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection

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European Apothecary

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Pharmacy

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c1b5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_994070