Ancient Marble Mortars

A mortar is a bowl shaped container made of a hard wood marble pottery or stone.

Ancient marble mortars.

The literally ancient but extremely practical tool is an essential part of culinary traditions across the world. Italian frescoes of the 15th century show mortars and pestles in use by apothecaries ancient pharmacists. Romans and greeks used stone and marble mortars. The pestle is a bat shaped tool that is used to grind inside the mortar bowl and pulverize grains herbs and other food substances as well as medicines.

The carrara marble mortar with a wooden pestle is native to this part of italy and neighboring provence where it s used for smashing mediterranean herbs and tender vegetables into sauces and. Hand sculpted from a single piece of stone with beautiful aging over time. How do you choose a vintage mortar and pestle. Long lasting and nonporous marble and granite mortars and pestles provide a.

Perhaps the most distinctive element of this piece is the chisel marks apparent on close inspection. Antique solid brass mortar pestle pharmaceutical natural patina heavy apothecary. Metal metal sets can include vintage cast iron mortar and pestle components or products made from shiny brass. These tiny indentations animate the mortar s production method in a tactile and pleasing way.

Hand sculpted from a single piece of stone with beautiful aging over time. Ending today at 8 24pm pdt 16h 17m. Ancient italian mortar from the 1700s 2 marble italy first half 18th century wonderful italian white marble mortar dating back to the 1700s. The rarity of the object is given by the presence of its pestle also made of marble.

Antique heavy brass mortar pestle apothecary pharmaceutical. This ancient marble mortar has a rather mysterious aura about it. Cast iron mortars appeared about the time of the civil war. These tiny indentations animate the mortar s production method in a tactile and pleasing way.

Marble mortar and pestle. This ancient marble mortar has a rather mysterious aura about it. Made from a single block of heavy white marble hand carved. The metal used for an antique mortar and pestle may have developed a unique patina over time.

More recent mortars may be glass since the use of metals decreased at the turn of the 20th century as concern. The pestle has a longitudinal slit that reveals a. Roman concrete also called opus caementicium was a material used in construction in ancient rome roman concrete was based on a hydraulic setting cement it is durable due to its incorporation of pozzolanic ash which prevents cracks from spreading by the middle of the 1st century the material was used frequently often brick faced although variations in aggregate allowed different.