Mortar and pestle

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Level: item
Scope & content: Mortar: Tulip shaped with a wide lip. A series of horizontal lines run around the circumference, inside and outside. A rectangular handle, with curved ends, has been added to each side. Small verticle striations are found in the middle section, where the handles are. Pestle: A solid pole that widens on each end into a round disk. In the centre, along the circumference, are 3 wider beveled tiers, with 2 incised lines on each side. The ends curve slightly outwards. Narrative: The mortar and pestle were acquired circa 1890. Mrs. Franciska Kampf (nee Haber) used it after her marriage to crush dry bread, cubed sugar, walnuts and other hard food materials. Mrs. Kampf's husband was in the Hungarian forced labour batallion and she was in hiding during the 1944-1945 nazi occupation. The item was retrieved in their apartment after the war.
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Extent: Mortar and pestle : cast (moulded), soldered : gold (brass) ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 14,7 cm x De: 15 cm
Genre / form: object
Format: Object / artifact
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Harvested: 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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