Antique Brass Pestle & Mortar

[Kevin_Bones]

Hello everyone
I had an old pestle and mortar sitting around and I have saw a few of those go on Ebay for $50 to $100 and sometimes more. I figured I might try to put mine on and see what I can get for it. I would like to know when it dates from and where it's from. I would also like to know an approximate value if anyone knows because all of the ones I've looked at are different from mine and the prices are very different on all of them. I'm pretty sure it's real brass and there are a lot of reproductions around but I'm not entirely sure.

Some of the pictures are with flash on and some are with flash off.

[Kevin_Bones]

Forgot the pics

[Kevin_Bones]

[gerspee]

Looks to me with this design Spanish or Portuguese . But is not looking to old to me . Maybe fifties or sixties . Normally if used it looks more battered during the years .   

[bigwull]

just because it loolks unused...does,nt mean its not old,...i,ve got one here, that was given to my late mother in the 1940,s.....its never been out of its box...maybe this one had a careful owner....because after all....its only for trushing....seeds etc.....therefore how battered could it become....

[mart]

Did you notice the figure on the outside is almost the same face right side up or down ??

[Kevin_Bones]

[KC]

So Mart, with this sleet/ice storm we are having...you are turning your computer upside down and looking at the forum from a different angle?  LOLOL

Went to get milk at the store and the stores are all sold out!!!!!!!!  You would think we were going to be iced in for a month!  I feel so sorry for those cows trying to catch up for the buying frenzy!  The service stations were backed up as well and gas prices a little raised!  :O

[mart]

 Ha !! Was just looking at the similar lines with the eyes in the middle !!

Wasn`t too bad here !! But I bet wally world was a mob scene !! I just went to Brookshires !! Smallest one in town !! Didn`t need much but stocked up on milk, eggs and chili spices !! Came home and made a big batch of chili !!
Lets just cross our fingers that we don`t lose power !! 

[bigwull]

So Mart, with this sleet/ice storm we are having...you are turning your computer upside down and looking at the forum from a different angle?  LOLOL

Went to get milk at the store and the stores are all sold out!!!!!!!!  You would think we were going to be iced in for a month!  I feel so sorry for those cows trying to catch up for the buying frenzy!  The service stations were backed up as well and gas prices a little raised!  :O

The time to worry is when the gas price reaches $10.50 a gal......cos if that happens..then i,ve nae doot that i,ll here your dulcet tones on my side of the pond...

[mart]

If our gas prices get that high,,how long do you think it would take me to get a buggy made  

[bigwull]

What?.....you mean to tell me you don,t have one....and here was me thinking...Mart,....Boonies, Lone Star State, Cowboys, .....and..you out for a run on a Sunday in your Landau.....or is it jist a wee horse & kert.....

[mart]

We have a shop and a welder and all kinds of spare parts,, I would come up with something to roll behind the old gray mare with gas prices that high !! And she is 15 hh so she is big enough !! Could just drive the RTV but wouldn`t be near as much fun !! 

[bigwull]

East German...one horsepower car.....

[mart]

That's a redneck buggy !!  Didn`t know you had them in Scotland !!