Mortar and Pestle
Mortar and Pestle
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- Description
- Blown and molded glass mortar and pestle. The mortar's mushroom-shaped handles were blown and applied at the waist. The base of the mortar has three graduated disks of glass, the widest disk is at the bottom. The mouth of the mortar is flared and has four horizontal ribs. The pestle is also hand blown.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mortar and pestle
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar and pestle; mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- blown and molded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.8 cm x 12 cm x 10.8 cm; 5 1/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in
- overall: 5 1/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 13.0175 cm x 12.3825 cm x 10.795 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0083.01
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05636
- 1991.0664.0083.01
- 1991.0664.0083.02
- collector/donor number
- SAP 348
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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