Mortar
notes: label: Description
content: A cast bronze beaker-shaped mortar with a flared mouth and wide rim. Four vertical ribs on the body terminate at the base with paw-like feet. The square-shaped handle is applied to the body.
label: Description
content: Urdang attributes this mortar to the late 15th century Germany. In the catalogue he writes, "The tall slender form and the lion paws ...are characteristic for this period of German Gothic mortars."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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: 1991.0664.0089
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05642
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 354
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: 14 cm x 17 cm x 15.3 cm; 5 1/2 in x 6 11/16 in x 6 in