Pestles Glazed 216mm

Pestles Glazed 216mm

Pestles Glazed 216mm

Porcelain, Rim diam 216mm

Pestle height 190mm

Mortar and pestle is a set of 2 simple tools used since the stone age up to the present day to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy. The mortar  is a bowl, typically made of hard wood, metal, ceramic, or hard stone, such as granite. The pestle is a blunt club-shaped object. The substance to be ground, which may be wet or dry, is placed in the mortar, where the pestle is pounding, pressing and rotating onto the substance, until the desired texture is achieved.

Mortars and pestles have been used in cooking since prehistory; they are also frequently associated with the profession of pharmacy due to their historical use in preparing medicines. Mortars and pestles can also be used in chemistry for pulverizing small amounts of chemicals; in arts and cosmetics for pulverizing pigments, binders, and other substances; in ceramics for making grog; in masonry and in other types of construction requiring pulverization of materials. In cooking, mortars and pestle are especially used to crush spices and to make pesto, and certain cocktails, such as the mojito, require the gentle crushing of sugar, ice and mint leaves in the glass with a pestle.