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promotional model mortar and pestle
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Collection
Parke-Davis Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, General
Accession Number
000001423 a-b
Description
A plastic mortar (a) with matching pestle (b); clearly not functional, but for promotional purposes
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Accession Number
000001423 a-b
Collection
Parke-Davis Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, General
MeSH Heading
Pharmacy -- instrumentation
Commerce -- instrumentation
Drug Industry -- advertisements
MM= Drug Compounding -- mortar and pestle -- advertisements
Description
A plastic mortar (a) with matching pestle (b); clearly not functional, but for promotional purposes
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - mortar - Size: Length 9.6 cm x Diam. 10.1 cm
b - pestle - Size: Length 14.3 cm x Diam. 2.4 cm
Provenance
Collected by Parke-Davis
Maker
Parke, Davis & Co.
Site Made (Country)
United States of America
Material
plastic: yellow
Inscriptions
(a) Front: "[logo, see sketch on accession sheet] // MADE IN U.S.A. RP-71 [embossed]"; back: "Rx [the "x" [part of the tail of the "R"] [embossed]"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A8-2
Condition Remarks
Paint scratched; dirty fingerprints on front of mortar; pestle dented
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Other
Reference Comments
See also 000.001.422
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