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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 9529034, member: 360&quot;]The footed one and the largest one, do not look particularly old. The larger one looks almost machine-made. The lines and angles look very crisp and sharp and flat...if it was handmade and spun on a lathe, for example, I doubt it&#039;d be that precise. The pestles look really clean-cut. </p><p><br /></p><p>On top of that, I don&#039;t see any signs of wear or use. I&#039;ve been collecting brass mortar-and-pestle sets for a while now, and every genuinely antique one I&#039;ve seen WILL show signs of wear and use - it&#039;s metal-on-metal, it&#039;s going to leave marks, gouges, dents, dings, etc...I don&#039;t see any of that there. </p><p><br /></p><p>The middle-sized one looks to have some age and wear to it. That may be a genuine antique, but without seeing more photos, I couldn&#039;t be sure. </p><p><br /></p><p>One way to know whether your piece is an antique or not, is to search for marks. Sizing-numbers, manufacturer&#039;s stamps, etc. Reproductions won&#039;t bother with details like these, because they&#039;re not important, but when antiques were new, these were practical, everyday items, and it was important, for example, to know what, or by whom, the set was made, and how large it is, and so-on. </p><p><br /></p><p>Checking the base is also a good way of finding out. A genuinely antique brass mortar and pestle set will have been dragged, dropped, clunked and banged around just from being used for the last 50, 100, 150, 200 years...and the base will be full of that kind of evidence. I&#039;ve never seen a genuine antique brass M&amp;P set which didn&#039;t have a base that looked like a battleground.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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