Mortar and Pestle
date: label: date made
content: 1539
notes: label: Description
content: This mortar has a straight body with a flared mouth and base. There is a raised horizontal band at the bottom of the waist which is marked "ALLEX ENNDORFFER GOS MCIH 1539 IAR". bottom of the waist. One detailed scaled fish handle at the waist. The pestle has rounded ends with three horizontal rings in its center.
label: Description
content: Urdang give this mortar a German attribution. He goes on to say "the mortar was cast by Allex Enndorffer who was Imperial Master of Cannon under Maximilian and Charles V". Wittop Koning on the other hand believed this mortar to be from Innsbruck, Austria.
label: Description
content: Testing with a X-Ray Fluorescence Spectometer reveals the metal content to have a hign zinc content of 14% and relatively low lead levels of 2%. All measurements are approximate.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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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: 1991.0664.0126
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05679
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0126.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0126.02
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 391
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mortar and pestle
label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Other Terms
content: mortar; mortar and pestle; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: molded (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: mortar: 15.2 cm x 5 cm; 6 in x 1 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: pestle: 25 cm x 5 cm; 9 13/16 in x 1 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/8 in x 5 7/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 14.9225 cm