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Description
Reviews
Elevate food preparation to the gourmand’s palate with our elegant travertine kitchen tool. Practical to use, but also elegant as a kitchen decoration. Avoid contact with acidic foods.
4"dia. x 4"h. mortar with 4.5" pestal.
Museum Provenance
Our Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals, National Museum of Natural History is the most comprehensive Earth sciences complex of its kind. Its dazzling array of minerals includes travertine, also known as banded onyx, chalcedony, agate and jasper.
Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.
I purchased this for a Pharmasist. I thought it would make a clever gift!
I Am A:
Family Older Kids
2/11/2011
5.0
Beautiful Mortar & Pestle. Just wonderfu
By ADNK
from Long Island
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Durable
Cons
Best Uses
Kitchen
Comments about Travertine Mortar and Pestle:
Well. . It works JUST EXACTLY as a mortar & pestle should.
I Am A:
Family Older Kids
12/29/2010
5.0
Delighted!
By Gray
from Port Bay NY
About Me Budget Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
beautiful colors
Durable
Cons
none
Best Uses
Gifts
Gourmet Kitchen Tool
Kitchen
Comments about Travertine Mortar and Pestle:
We experiment with cooking flavors (herbs & spices). A mortar & pestle will allow us more intense flavors. I wanted one that was Unique for a Christmas Gift. The colors are beautiful, my Wife loves it, & her friends love it!
I Am A:
Couple No Kids
12/21/2010
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
5.0
Please, judge this book by its cover!
By Pat
from ft myers, fl
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
beautiful colors
Conversation piece
Functional
Interesting
Unique
Cons
none
Best Uses
By herbalist
Decoration
Kitchen
Living Room
Show piece
Comments about Travertine Mortar and Pestle:
This travertine mortar and pestle are the most beautiful I have in my collection. Practical and gorgeous in one! When not in use makes a wonderful display item. When using, grinds smoothly and evenly on everything from pepper to rosemary. There's nothing I don't like about it.
I Am A:
Couple No Kids
10/14/2010
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
5.0
I love it!
By Cindy
from Castro Valley (bay area) CA
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Cons
Best Uses
Kitchen
Comments about Travertine Mortar and Pestle:
I use this almost daily to blend spices and because it is also a piece of art, I can leave it on the counter.
I Am A:
Family Older Kids
9/22/2010
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
5.0
Attractive & Useful
By petvet77
from MA
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Beautiful item
Durable
Nice enough to display
Practical useful
Cons
Best Uses
Gifts
Kitchen
Comments about Travertine Mortar and Pestle:
Beautiful marble piece yet useful in the kitchen. Nice enough to display even if you don't use it. Great gift for a cook!
I Am A:
Couple No Kids
8/9/2010
5.0
Beautiful piece
By Lisa
from Salisbury, NC
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Durable
Cons
Best Uses
Gifts
Kitchen
Comments about Travertine Mortar and Pestle:
My husband is very hard to buy for. I wanted something unique and something that he would use. He is an avid gardener, and uses the mortar to grind up his hot peppers, then distributes to friends and family. Everyone who sees this product remarks on how beautiful it is.
I Am A:
Family Older Kids
7/14/2010
4.0
Too handsome for kitchen
By Murph
from Paoli, PA
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Cons
Best Uses
Gifts
Comments about Travertine Mortar and Pestle:
My husband collects mortar and pestle sets. The more common ones we do use in the kitchen, but this one was far too handsome for there or for his display in the den. Instead it has found a home on a livingroom shelf!
I Am A:
Family Older Kids
7/13/2010
5.0
work of art
By MicB
from Kamas, UT
About Me Midrange Shopper
Pros
Attractive Design
Durable
Cons
Best Uses
Kitchen
Comments about Travertine Mortar and Pestle:
Haven't used it yet, but have enjoyed looking at it daily. It doesn't hide in a cabinet.
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