mortar and pestle
date: label: Date made
content: 1686
notes: label: Description
content: Large bronze mortar and pestle on a carved wooden pedestal. Inscription: SEBASTIAN ERTZBERGER LAST MI GIESEN VON H HEINRICH WEITNAUER IN BASEL 1686 ["Sebastian Ertzberger orders me cast by Heinrich Weitnauer in Basel, 1686"].
label: Description
content: According to the Squibb Ancient Apothecary catalog, this piece was originally in the "Muenster" Pharmacy of Freiburg im Breisgau.
label: Description
content: Hans Heinrich Weitnauer was a bell founder in Basel, Switzerland. The Weitnauer workshop existed from the 17th to the early 19th century and made bells for churches throughout the Basel area and parts of France and southwest Germany.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland: Basle-Town, Basle
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Art
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: 1991.0664.0128
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05681
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 393
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0128.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0128.02
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0128.03
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 393
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mortar and Pestle
label: Object Name
content: Pestle
label: Other Terms
content: Pestle; Mortar and Pestle; Mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: molded and carved (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45 1/2 in x 22 in x 13 in; 115.57 cm x 55.88 cm x 33.02 cm