Object Details
Description
Mortar with applied molded insects, vase with flowers, a medallion and incised lines circling the body. The mortar has one dolphin handle applied at the waist. The insects include a grasshopper and a bee. Two lion heads and a larger oval medallion depicting Christ on the cross are flanked by two figures. The mortar has two bulbous ends.
Urdang goes into detail about this mortar which he attributes to 17th century Germany. In the Squibb ancient Pharmacy Catalogue he writes, "Mortars of this kind with bas-relief decoration of crucifixion group, small animals, bees, grasshoppers, etc., originated in the workshops of Hans Daurnhauser and of Caspar Dietrich at Ingolstaedt.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
ID Number
1991.0664.0130
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-05683.01
collector/donor number
SAP 395
catalog number
1991.0664.0130
Object Name
mortar
mortar and pestle
Other Terms
mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
molded (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 14.7 cm x 14.8 cm; 5 13/16 in x 5 13/16 in
overall, mortar: 6 in x 6 5/8 in x 6 in; 15.24 cm x 16.8275 cm x 15.24 cm
overall, pestle: 1 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 18.415 cm
Related Publication
Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Medicine
Pharmacy
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_994099