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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 128283, member: 360&quot;]Mortars and pestles have been/are made out of many things... </p><p><br /></p><p>Wood, glass, marble, ceramics, stoneware and granite are very common today. In the past, brass and bronze were also extremely popular. They were made from about the 1500s or 1600s, all the way up to, I think, the early 20th century. Then they simply stopped being manufactured. </p><p><br /></p><p>The one I have here looks very much handmade. The mortar looks like it was cast and then fused together. The handles and the pestle I&#039;m guessing by what I can see, were turned on a lathe and tooled out from solid blocks of brass. </p><p><br /></p><p>The two finished items were then struck with number stamps to indicate their sizes. Interestingly the numbers don&#039;t match. I&#039;m wondering if, when you went to buy these, you could mix-and-match the sizes or something.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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