Crucible
Crucible
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- Description
- This rounded crucible has a squat body with tripod legs and a wrought iron bale handle looped through triangular shaped handles. The entire body is incised with images of animals and two saints. An oval medallion set into the body is marked, "1530.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crucible
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 26.5 cm x 19.5 cm; 10 7/16 in x 7 11/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0946
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 1034
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0946
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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