Mortar
date: label: date made
content: ca 16th century
notes: label: Description
content: This cast bronze mortar has a flared mouth and a single semicircular applied handle. A metal ring encircles the handle. A vine motif decorates the rim, and six vertical ribs and a stylized floral medallion decorate the waist. The body of the mortar has a severe crack.
label: Description
content: Urdang believed this mortar tp be of 16th-century Greek origin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Greece
label: unspecified
content: Greece
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & 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: 1991.0664.0101
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0101
label: catalog number
content: M-05654
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 366
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: gothic (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.5 cm x 16 cm x 14.7 cm; 4 1/8 in x 6 5/16 in x 5 13/16 in