Mortar
date: label: date made
content: 1477
notes: label: Description
content: Cast bonze mortar with bell-shaped mouth and heavy semi-circular handles applied at the waist. There are six gothic-style vertical ribs and thin raised bands at the top and bottom of the body. Other decorative motifs include a band of vines and writing at the mouth and one raised and one carved alchemist symbol between ribs for powder.
label: Description
content: Urdang attributes this mortar to Florence. The band at the mouth is marked "...NICOLA bARyenini 1477" perhaps the "owner or founder" suggest Urdang.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Tuscany, Florence
label: unspecified
content: Germany
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: 1991.0664.0100
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05653
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 365
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: Physical Description
content: gothic (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19.8 cm x 28 cm x 25.2 cm; 7 13/16 in x 11 in x 9 15/16 in