Vintage Schering Pharmaceutical Commemorative Brass Mortar and Pestle. This special mortar form was developed to celebrate the earliest American pharmacy, known as the Andrew Craigle Apothecary established in 1752 (the date on one side below measuring scales). On the other size is the Rx symbol, with the words "First American Pharmacy" above and "Secundum Artem" below on both sides. The word "Coricidin," an over-the-counter drug, is etched into the pestle. The word "Schering" with their company logo on the underside. 

Size: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. 

A mortar and pestle is an ancient, two-part kitchen or apothecary tool used for grinding, crushing, and pulverizing herbs, spices, and ingredients into fine powders or pastes. The mortar is a durable bowl, while the pestle is a heavy club-shaped tool. It excels over electric grinders by releasing essential oils through grinding rather than chopping, enhancing flavor in recipes like pesto, guacamole, and curry pastes, and is still used today in kitchens and laboratories when the process gives better results if done by humans rather than machines.

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