Object Details
- Description
- Gothic-style, beaker-shaped bronze mortar with an applied square handle and three vertical ribs. The ribs extend from a horizontal rib just below the neck to a horizontal rib just above the base of the vessel. Urdang believed this mortar to be of Germanic origin of the late 15th century.
- 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
- bronze (overall material)
- gothic (overall style)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.4 cm x 19.5 cm x 16.7 cm; 7 1/4 in x 7 11/16 in x 6 9/16 in
- Object Name
- mortar
- Other Terms
- mortar; MANUFACTURING & DISPENSING EQUIP.
