Mortar
Mortar
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- Description
- Gothic beaker-shaped vessel with a wide flaring rim and a large square handle applied to the body. Five vertical ribs extend down the body from the edge of the neck to the base.
- Urdang attributes this gothic mortar to the late 15th century Germanic states.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Associated Name
- Mayer, Jo
- unspecified
- Germany
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- gothic (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 cm x 18.9 cm; 2 3/4 in x 7 7/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0093
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05646
- collector/donor number
- SAP 358
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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