Mortar
notes: label: Description
content: Bronze (possibly bell metal) mortar with a wide mouth, two handles in the shape of animals extend out from the center of the body. Serpents, raised ring moldings at the neck, six crude baluster columns at the waist,shields decorated with fleur-de-leis, and the face of a man are randomly scattered around the body of the mortar. Urdang believed this mortar to be French.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: unspecified
content: France
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: 1991.0664.0098
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05651
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 363
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mortar
label: Other Terms
content: mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: zinc (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: lead (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm x 25 cm; 6 11/16 in x 9 13/16 in