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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 101986, member: 54"]Thanks H, not that it matters much but yours looks like it was made for decoration rather than pharmaceutical use. That doesn't ensure that it was never used to grind up something because there's some white residue in the small hole inside the bottom-:could also be polish residue. But real pharmaceutical mortars weren't sold with either the divot in the bottom nor the ridges near the top inside. The ridges would make it more difficult to empty the contents completely . A decorative item like yours would be made of brass not bronze.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 101986, member: 54"]Thanks H, not that it matters much but yours looks like it was made for decoration rather than pharmaceutical use. That doesn't ensure that it was never used to grind up something because there's some white residue in the small hole inside the bottom-:could also be polish residue. But real pharmaceutical mortars weren't sold with either the divot in the bottom nor the ridges near the top inside. The ridges would make it more difficult to empty the contents completely . A decorative item like yours would be made of brass not bronze.[/QUOTE]
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