Mortar and Pestle
Mortar and Pestle
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- Description
- Wide mouth mortar with two dolphin handles applied at the waist. The body of the mortar has two bands of rosettes, leaves, vines and the profile of a mans face. The brass mortar has rounded ends. Urdang attributes this mortar to 17th century France.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mortar
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- cast (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.4 cm x 13 cm; 4 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 6 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 11.43 cm x 15.5575 cm x 13.0175 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0112.01
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05665.01
- collector/donor number
- SAP 377
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0112.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- Medicine
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Religion
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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