Object Details
- Description
- Blown and molded glass mortar and pestle. The mortar's mushroom-shaped handles were blown and applied at the waist. The base of the mortar has three graduated disks of glass, the widest disk is at the bottom. The mouth of the mortar is flared and has four horizontal ribs. The pestle is also hand blown.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- blown and molded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 5/8 in x 8 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 20.955 cm
- Object Name
- pestle
