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Mortar
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About this work
Cast bronze mortar with bell-shaped mouth and small single semi-circular applied handle with a larger ring. The mortar has a cast cross and six vertical ribs extending from the neck to the end of the waist. It appears the mortar was painted black at one time. Urdang attributes this mortar to 16th century Spain.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMortar. ca 16th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
