🔎 UNIDENTIFIED This object was found in England, but I still don't know exactly what it is?

[woody50]

Anyone have an idea?

Find number a579-toc-unn
Type ?
Age "
Material: Copper
Weight grams 6.6
Size (mm) Long 38,5; width B 8

 

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[Red-Coat]

I'm confused. Your image filename says "mortar, pestle for children's toys" (in Dutch).

I would think that's what it is (a pestle) although not necessarily for children. Double-ended pestles, usually brass not copper, came in a variety of sizes and styles. Small ones may have been apothecary items rather than toys.

Here's a couple; the first one is large and the second one tiny. Both probably early 1900s.

 

[woody50]

That's what I thought it was, but others said it must be something else because of the size. About 1.5 inches. I still think that I have it correct. Since it is so small, it is not possible to use.

 

[Emil W]

Possibly a knife rest. Size is about right.

 

[Blackfoot58]

I agree on the double pestle. Would also make a great barbell set for a 12” GI Joe (joking) 😊

 

[Red-Coat]

That's what I thought it was, but others said it must be something else because of the size. About 1.5 inches. I still think that I have it correct. Since it is so small, it is not possible to use.

I wouldn't assume that it's too small to use. It's not clear if this one (from Holland) is actually a dollhouse item or functional as a pill-crusher, but the latter can be pretty small.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Similar items were used, back when, to break up snuff and even cocaine into a fine powder. Ala Sherlock Holmes period in time.

 

[woody50]

Thanks all for your help, I will use your ideas!

 

[pepperj]

Anyone have an idea?

Find number a579-toc-unn
Type ?
Age "
Material: Copper
Weight grams 6.6
Size (mm) Long 38,5; width B 8

I wouldn't assume that it's too small to use. It's not clear if this one (from Holland) is actually a dollhouse item or functional as a pill-crusher, but the latter can be pretty small.

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I have seen examples of Wode grinders, but not sure what was used as a pestle.

 

[Retired Sarge]

When I was a kid my mom, who was from Holland, had a curio shelf, and on it was brass miniatures of everyday items of the past.

Example, tea pots, plates, bells, Dutch girl carring a yoke with two water pails, windmills, coffee grinder, etc.