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Mortar and Pestle
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This mortar has a straight body with a flared mouth and base. There is a raised horizontal band at the bottom of the waist which is marked "ALLEX ENNDORFFER GOS MCIH 1539 IAR". bottom of the waist. One detailed scaled fish handle at the waist. The pestle has rounded ends with three horizontal rings in its center.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMortar and Pestle. 1539. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
