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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Italian
Title:	Mortar; Pestle
Date Made:	16th century
Type:	Container; Medical
Materials:	Bronze
Place Made:	Europe; Italy
Measurements:	Overall: 5 in x 9 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 24.8 cm
Narrative Inscription:	inscription: ctr. between handles (cast): B.M. [within shield]
Accession Number:	MH 2002.3.10
Credit Line:	Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
The body with a coat of arms on one side, the other side inscribed "B.M." and flanked by scrolling foliage; double handles in the form of caryatid figures.

Tags:
containers; medicine

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