Mortar
Mortar
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- One of the larger mortars in the collection, this bronze cast crushing device sits on a turned wooden base. It has a wide flayed mouth and an elaborately molded body with raised horizontal rings and bands of flowers and vines. Marked in applied bands on the upper body, "LI DONNA TIDELL AQVILA. M AP I754". Urdang catalogued this mortar as Italian in origin.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
- date made
- 1754
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- molded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 23.5 cm x 29 cm; 9 1/4 in x 11 7/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0140
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05693
- collector/donor number
- SAP 405
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
Note: Comment submission is temporarily unavailable while we make improvements to the site. We apologize for the interruption. If you have a question relating to the museum's collections, please first check our Collections FAQ. If you require a personal response, please use our Contact page.
