Mortar and Pestle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description
content: Urn-shaped cast bronze mortar with a pestle and a lid to keep the contents from spilling onto the work surface. The pestle has an acron-shaped finial.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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: 1991.0664.0141
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05694
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 406
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: cast (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 cm x 12 cm; 10 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in