Mortar and Pestle
notes: label: Description
content: Mortar with applied molded insects, vase with flowers, a medallion and incised lines circling the body. The mortar has one dolphin handle applied at the waist. The insects include a grasshopper and a bee. Two lion heads and a larger oval medallion depicting Christ on the cross are flanked by two figures. The mortar has two bulbous ends.
label: Description
content: Urdang goes into detail about this mortar which he attributes to 17th century Germany. In the Squibb ancient Pharmacy Catalogue he writes, "Mortars of this kind with bas-relief decoration of crucifixion group, small animals, bees, grasshoppers, etc., originated in the workshops of Hans Daurnhauser and of Caspar Dietrich at Ingolstaedt.
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: 1991.0664.0130
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05683.01
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 395
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0130
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Object Name
content: mortar and pestle
label: Other Terms
content: mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: molded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.7 cm x 14.8 cm; 5 13/16 in x 5 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, mortar: 6 in x 6 5/8 in x 6 in; 15.24 cm x 16.8275 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, pestle: 1 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 18.415 cm