Mortar
date: label: date made
content: 1609
notes: label: Description
content: Cast mortar with two low relief ornamental bands of foliate scrollwork and two applied dolphin handles in the center of the body. The rim is marked "LOF GODT VAN AL Ao 1609" which means Prasie God Above All.
label: Description
content: Wittop Koning attributed this mortar to the Dutch trade city of Deventer on the river IJssel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands
label: place made
content: Netherlands
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: Religion
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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: 1991.0664.0118
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05671
label: collector/donor number
content: 383
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0118
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Object Name
content: mortar and pestle
label: Other Terms
content: mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: molded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.8 cm x 12.4 cm; 4 5/8 in x 4 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, mortar: 4 5/8 in x 5 in x 4 7/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 12.7 cm x 12.3825 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, pestle: 1 1/4 in x 6 11/16 in; 3.175 cm x 16.9545 cm