Gorgeous Antique Shaker-Style Turned Wooden Bowl with Handle (Mortar or Measuring Cup) Meiji box which would look terrific filled

which would look terrific filled with just about any smallish plant

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Gorgeous Antique Shaker-Style Turned Wooden Bowl with Handle (Mortar or Measuring Cup) Meiji box which would look terrific filledSuch 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