Carved Mortar with Pestle in White Carrara Marble Ø 10cm

SUBJECT

The name mortar originates from the Vulgar Latin mortarjius, derived in turn from the older mortare (making parts). The need to crush and pulverize some materials by percussion dates back to remote times and was initially practiced mainly using natural cavities and, then, perhaps even before milling with the millstone, with mortars almost always made of stone. The oldest mortars are made of hard stone such as marble or alabaster and were already used by the Greeks and Etruscans. Even the Bible testifies to their ancient use: “Manna was pounded in the mortar to make flatbreads.”  THE MATERIAL Marble, beloved by the most celebrated sculptors and architects from around the world and throughout the ages, is also asserting its artistic power in modern architectural and interior design . The classic and timeless taste of Michelangelo’s favorite material adapts to the most varied contexts, from the new liberty and Baroque style, to clean and essential lines, up to industrial-inspired settings. White Carrara marble has a pearly white background tone with more or less present and evident grayish veins. It naturally enhances antique furnishings and fine dark woods, but it also sits stylishly in more modern signature contexts. White Carrara marble is the most widely used decorative natural stone, known and appreciated worldwide for both its incomparable aesthetic qualities and its structural, physical and morphological characteristics, which make it unique and inimitable.