Mortar
Mortar
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- Description
- Cast motar has two low relief ornamental bands of foliate scrollwork and two applied dolphin handles in the center of the body. The rim is marked, "LOF GODT VAN AL Ao 1609" Prasie God Above All.
- Wittop Koning very specifically attributed this mortar to the Dutch trade city of Deventer situated on the river IJssel.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mortar
- mortar and pestle
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- date made
- 1609
- place made
- Netherlands
- Netherlands
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- molded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.8 cm x 12.4 cm; 4 5/8 in x 4 7/8 in
- overall, mortar: 4 5/8 in x 5 in x 4 7/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 12.7 cm x 12.3825 cm
- overall, pestle: 1 1/4 in x 6 11/16 in; 3.175 cm x 16.9545 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0118
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05671
- collector/donor number
- 383
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0118
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- Medicine
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Religion
- Art
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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