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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 128048, member: 360&quot;]My latest purchase. Online, no-less. I just love brass... </p><p><br /></p><p>Beautiful, antique, Dutch-manufactured solid brass mortle and pester...I mean motarium et pistilium...whacker-and-bowl combination... </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/12141627_1706552149603264_488779935576132427_n.jpg?oh=b5b2d171258cfdc4c86dba968f7fa778&amp;oe=578AAAF7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The lady I bought it from said that her mother had brought it with her from the Old Country (the &#039;old country&#039; being The Netherlands) when she migrated out of Europe, presumably after the Second World War, or before. </p><p><br /></p><p>No foundry marks, etc. But they are stamped with size-numbers... </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xla1/t31.0-8/12525188_1706552086269937_2680197042623851843_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>The mortar is clearly stamped with &#039;5&#039;, and the pestle is stamped with a rather worn out (or badly stamped) &#039;6&#039;: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/t31.0-8/12841419_1706552092936603_6309448346609599790_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/941068_1706552072936605_7655071985627183208_n.jpg?oh=00ac9152cf84f08dea6b908b6e78c010&amp;oe=574E0F8B&amp;__gda__=1464648886_af79d941c2f3c87f921e4d6b3cdfb9af" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve wanted a brass mortar and pestle ever since I knew they existed, but I was really picky about the styles. I like this type with the double-ended pestle and the ball handles on the sides. They look more classic and old-fashioned. And I like that in my antiques <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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