Two families, Karras and Anastasiadou, became refugees in 1922 when they were forced to leave Peristasi (Şarköy) in Eastern Thrace, a seaside village in Marmara, in the province of Raidestos (Tekirdağ). The Anastasiadou family arrived in Thessaloniki by boat and this bronze mortar with its matching pestle were two of the few household items they managed to bring with them. They settled in the area of Ano Toumpa, in Thessaloniki, in what was known as the ‘Settlement’.