Small Antique Mortar & Pestle Duo, English, Ceramic, Beech, Cookery, Victorian

This is an antique mortar and pestle duo. An English, ceramic and beech apothecary or cookery aid, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Of great proportion, across two generous mortar bowls Displaying a desirable aged patina with light signs of use Naturally finished ceramic a tactile delight, with crisp white hues Quality turned beech handle to pestle shows fine grain interest Each bowl engraved to base 'Warranted Acid Proof' and numbered 9 and 6 Impressive weight to each piece at 6.25kg (13.77 lb) and 2.98kg (6.56 lb) respectively In the hand, the pestle feels substantial at 0.86kg (1.89 lb) This is a quality antique mortar and pestle duo with a delightfully clean appearance and great size. As useful today as they were over 100 years ago, this duo will also make fine display items upon a kitchen work top...

This is an antique cheese keeper. An English, ceramic decorative truckle dish, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Graced with delightful colour and fascinating ridged finish Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order Quality ceramic in a crisp white hue with colourful decor Generously sized keeper lid sits upon an attractive plate Maker's mark to the base for British Anchor Pottery...

Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle #27 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. This piece is made of three separate pieces of green rust patinaed wood fired stoneware. "In his process, Hirsch is a reducer, endlessly honing and refining his forms to their simplest and most powerful presence. It is the same “less is more” aesthetic evidenced by the work of Noguchi, Brancusi, and Giacometti, artists he holds in greatest esteem. His content is principally the vocabulary of form, color, and surface, subtly referencing utility while defying overt narration and cultural specificity. A mortar and pestle like this one, for example, might be discernible in a piece, but presented with such economy that it becomes only important as a stand-in for larger issues; their anima/animus relationship or as a record of human use and wear over considerable time. For Hirsch, the particular only exists for the purpose of making the universal palpable. His is a point of view similar...

Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Mortar and Glass Pestle Sculpture #1 was assembled in 2020. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, gold enamel paint, black and ...