Mortar
Mortar
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- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- unspecified
- France
- Physical Description
- zinc (overall material)
- copper (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- lead (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 cm x 25 cm; 6 11/16 in x 9 13/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0098
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05651
- collector/donor number
- SAP 363
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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