Louis Hebert Mortar & Pestle

Object/Artifact

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Coit Museum of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Name/Title

Louis Hebert Mortar & Pestle

Entry/Object ID

2025.4.18

Description

At one side of the mortar there is an Rx with "1580-1627" above it and "Secundum artem" below it, at another side there is a hand holding wheat with "Louis Hébert" above it and "Secundum artem" below it, there is a line of leaves and grapes around the top of the base

Collection

Richard Hart Collection

Category

Mortar & Pestle

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Mortars & pestles

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mortar & Pestle, Pharmaceutical

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Mortar, at widest areas

Height

4 in

Width

5 in

Length

5 in

Diameter

5 in

Circumference

15-11/16 in

Dimension Description

Pestle, at widest areas

Height

5-3/8 in

Width

1-1/8 in

Length

1-1/8 in

Diameter

1-1/8 in

Circumference

7-1/16 in