Gorgeous Antique Shaker-Style Turned Wooden Bowl with Handle (Mortar or Measuring Cup) Meiji box This planter

This planter

There are two holes burned through near the top of the sign for hanging it on the wall

Art nouveau in style

just a wonderful example of stunning form following function

Gorgeous Antique Shaker-Style Turned Wooden Bowl with Handle (Mortar or Measuring Cup) Meiji box This planterSuch a beauty! This is a stunning antique Shaker style turned wood bowl with threaded handle, the likeness of which I have seen described as an apothecary mortar for preparing herbs and as a measuring cup, both of which make perfect sense. Because it is so beautiful, I would probably not use as pestle on it, but might rather be inclined to keep on a butcher block or tray in the kitchen, filled with sea salt or fresh herbs of which I might take a pinch