Mortar
date: label: date made
content: ca 16th century
notes: label: Description
content: Short, squat, cast bronze mortar with a flared mouth. Four buttress columns alternate between the head of a woman. Urdang suggests the mortar is 16th century spanish and that the face is that of Medusa.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
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: 1991.0664.0104
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05657
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 369
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: gothic (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.7 cm x 11.1 cm; 3 1/16 in x 4 3/8 in