This kitchen counter necessity is great for grinding herbs, spices and salts. The ceramic pestle and mortar follows a beautiful and iconic design. The cream-coloured, unglazed porcelain provides an attractive, abrasive surface – ideal for grinding and crushing.

The pestle head has a beautiful beech wood handle, and the half-pint mortar has a curved lip for pouring out liquid pastes. The Milton Brook ceramic pestle and mortar is great for everything from starting curry pastes to creating flavoured salts, but it also looks beautiful displayed on work surfaces.