Mortar and Pestle
Mortar and Pestle
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- Description
- Mortar with applied molded insects, vase with flowers, a medallion and incised lines circling the body. The mortar has one dolphin handle applied at the waist. The insects include a grasshopper and a bee. Two lion heads and a larger oval medallion depicting Christ on the cross are flanked by two figures. The mortar has two bulbous ends.
- Urdang goes into detail about this mortar which he attributes to 17th century Germany. In the Squibb ancient Pharmacy Catalogue he writes, "Mortars of this kind with bas-relief decoration of crucifixion group, small animals, bees, grasshoppers, etc., originated in the workshops of Hans Daurnhauser and of Caspar Dietrich at Ingolstaedt.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mortar
- mortar and pestle
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- molded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.7 cm x 14.8 cm; 5 13/16 in x 5 13/16 in
- overall, mortar: 6 in x 6 5/8 in x 6 in; 15.24 cm x 16.8275 cm x 15.24 cm
- overall, pestle: 1 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 18.415 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0130
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05683.01
- collector/donor number
- SAP 395
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0130
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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