Item 1079
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This is the oldest cast iron mortar and pestle we’ve EVER run across. This could be considerably earlier than stated above, but to be conservative these are very hard to date. Piece was made from a 2-3 piece molding process, and hand aligned to put the whole thing together. the base was not quite aligned right and you can see the cup sits off center on the base, which often happened with early American pouring. Rudimentary ornamental design to the base (a decorative ring), crude casting with voids and flaws from the imprecision of sand casting using early casting methods. Pestle is very basic. Piece has some roughness and pitting.
No marks save for the sprues.
Pestle is 9” 3/4 long. Mortar is 6” high, 6” 1/2 diameter.
Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.
No cracks, lip has flaws that could be chips or just molding flaws (based on the piece as a whole I’d lean towards that. This piece could be used but really it’s a museum quality display piece which is how I’d use it.
$250 shipped
As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied. (Please see return policy)
