Mortar
date: label: date made
content: ca 16th century
notes: label: Description
content: Cast bronze mortar with bell-shaped mouth and small single semi-circular applied handle with a larger ring. The mortar has a cast cross and six vertical ribs extending from the neck to the end of the waist. It appears the mortar was painted black at one time. Urdang attributes this mortar to 16th century Spain.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Spain
label: unspecified
content: Spain
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: 1991.0664.0102
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05655
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 367
objectType: 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: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gothic (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.4 cm x 15.6 cm; 4 7/8 in x 6 1/8 in