This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/24/2024
The Wonderful Watch Mortar. London: J. Bland, ca. 1890. A borrowed watch is ground to pieces in the oversized boxwood mortar and pestle set yet reappears – unharmed – inside a loaf of bread produced from a borrowed hat. A very large example finely turned from boxwood with lacquer-accented rim, and a matching ungimmicked pestle. Height of mortar 7 ½”, mouth diameter 6 ½”, pestle length 10 ¾”. Expected wear, one loose joint, but very good overall. The largest example of this prop we have encountered, and the first we have seen with the duplicate pestle. RARE IN THIS FORM.