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Ocky

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Islamic brass (pestle) & Mortar, copper & silver inlay, very heavy, how old?
« on: June 11, 2014, 06:28:20 am »
One of this weeks finds: the bowl from a pestle & mortar - sorry for the oversized pics, ive forgotten how to make photobucket work






weighs 980 grams
5" tall
2.3" diameter at base

as far as my googling goes, most pieces like this are made late 19th-early 20thc. but this is considerably heavier than most ive found, and why does it have the date stamped like it is? do i have a reproduction? :(
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Re: Islamic brass (pestle) & Mortar, copper & silver inlay, very heavy, how old?
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2014, 01:59:01 pm »
My best semi-educated guess would say you've got it right about it being a repro item , 1989c , Ocky !
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Re: Islamic brass (pestle) & Mortar, copper & silver inlay, very heavy, how old?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2014, 08:07:20 pm »
Yep !!   New !!
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