Mortar
date: label: date made
content: 1754
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0140
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05693
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 405
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Other Terms
content: mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: molded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.5 cm x 29 cm; 9 1/4 in x 11 7/16 in