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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 134700, member: 360"]The one I have once had some very nice decorations on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>There's rings on the inside of the base. There's rings on the outside, going up the walls. There's rings INSIDE the mortar (god knows why!), and there's a little dotted pattern around the collar at the top, some of which has worn away. That leads me to think that this has some quite significant age to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just like my last set, this one is also lathe-turned (you can see the drill-marks in the pestle). The pestle also has rings going up and down it, and the ridge in the middle is off-center, so that one end is definitely meant to be the handle, and the larger, flat end is the head for pounding.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ridge in the pestle rests just at the edge of the mortar when it's inside.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this piece from a very nice old Scotsman at the flea-market. He sells all kinds of metal things. Knives, razors, candlesticks, binoculars, silver cutlery, etc. etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hadn't seen this one before. But I had to have it. He didn't know any more about it than I did, but he gave me what I reckon was a good price for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this one on Wikipedia, which is the same style: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Mortar_and_Pestle_-_Greece.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 134700, member: 360"]The one I have once had some very nice decorations on it. There's rings on the inside of the base. There's rings on the outside, going up the walls. There's rings INSIDE the mortar (god knows why!), and there's a little dotted pattern around the collar at the top, some of which has worn away. That leads me to think that this has some quite significant age to it. Just like my last set, this one is also lathe-turned (you can see the drill-marks in the pestle). The pestle also has rings going up and down it, and the ridge in the middle is off-center, so that one end is definitely meant to be the handle, and the larger, flat end is the head for pounding. The ridge in the pestle rests just at the edge of the mortar when it's inside. I bought this piece from a very nice old Scotsman at the flea-market. He sells all kinds of metal things. Knives, razors, candlesticks, binoculars, silver cutlery, etc. etc. I hadn't seen this one before. But I had to have it. He didn't know any more about it than I did, but he gave me what I reckon was a good price for it. I found this one on Wikipedia, which is the same style: [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Mortar_and_Pestle_-_Greece.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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