Mortar
date: label: date made
content: ca 16th century
notes: label: Description
content: Short, squat-shaped, bronze mortar with a flared mouth. Four buttress columns alternating between four shields. The shields are coats of arms which are divided into three sections, a crown sits atop each shield and two castles above a running animal. The exterior surface between the neck and the foot has a sandpaper-like quality.
label: Description
content: 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: 1991.0664.0105
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05658
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 370
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Other Terms
content: mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 11.7 cm; 3 1/8 in x 4 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 8.255 cm x 12.065 cm