Mortar
notes: label: Description
content: Gothic beaker-shaped body with a squareish handle and flared mouth. There are five tapering vertical ribs on the body which terminate in paw feet.
label: Description
content: Urdang believes this mortar to be of Germanic origin from the 15th century. Testing with an X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer was unable to conclusively determine the type of metal used in the manufacture of this mortar.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: Germany
topic: 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: 1991.0664.0091
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05644
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 356
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Other Terms
content: mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gothic (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.3 cm x 17 cm x 14.8 cm; 6 13/16 in x 6 11/16 in x 5 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 7/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 17.4625 cm x 17.145 cm x 14.9225 cm