Stone Age Pestle and Mortar

Small black Marquina marble mortar and pestle. Size of the mortar: diameter 12 cm x height 9; size pf the pestle: diameter 3.5 cm x 12.5 cm length. The product cannot be washed in dishwasher but needs to be cleaned with water or Marseille soap. It is certified for food use. It is a natural stone that tends to stain but this is part of the natural wear of the product. If you use the mortar for cooking, wash it immediately after to better preserve the object. Each piece is in a way unique (since each marble block is different in veins and shades) and handcrafted in Italy. Slight variations in shape, color and size are to be considered a guarantee of an handcrafted creation. This object gives a sophisticate touch to your house or restaurant making special every night and event. The mortar, as an object for percussion crushes, is born in the distant age for the need to smash and pulverize materials, even in the Bible it is mentioned. In past civilizations mortar was always made of stone to then appear in various materials based on the products to be crushed. This mortar recall the old object with a contemporary use: a decorative object, salt container...

Small white Carrara marble mortar and pestle. Size of the mortar: diameter 12 cm x height 9; size pf the pestle: diameter 3.5 cm x 12.5 cm...

Beautiful vintage pestle & mortar with charming age patina. Produced and used in Czechoslovakia in 1940s for spices and herbs. The item is made of a sol...

Satin white Carrara marble mortar with pestle in wood. The product can not be washed in dishwasher but needs to be cleaned with water or Ma...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

Beautiful and rare black marble (Belgium blue stone) mortar, France, circa 1750-1850. Great eyecatcher. Weathered but good condition.

Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle #27 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. This piece is made of three separate pieces of green rust patinaed wood fired stoneware. "In his process, Hirsch is a reducer, endlessly honing and refining his forms to their simplest and most powerful presence. It is the same “less is more” aesthetic evidenced by the work of Noguchi, Brancusi, and Giacometti, artists he holds in greatest esteem. His content is principally the vocabulary of form, color, and surface, subtly referencing utility while defying overt narration and cultural specificity. A mortar and pestle like this one, for example, might be discernible in a piece, but presented with such economy that it becomes only important as a stand-in for larger issues; their anima/animus relationship or as a record of human use and wear over considerable time. For Hirsch, the particular only exists for the purpose of making the universal palpable. His is a point of view similar...

Porcelain mortar and pestle. Great for cooks or as an accent piece. Heavy duty. By Coors USA.

A fantastic 19th century American kitchen hardwood mortar with a turned softwood pestle. It’s likely that this mortar would have lived in a larger wood or marble holder, and removed ...

Heavy Italian brass, bronze and cast iron mortars; some with and some without the pestle -- a stunning collection for any kitchen!