Gorgeous Antique Shaker-Style Turned Wooden Bowl with Handle (Mortar or Measuring Cup) Meiji box This very finely hand-embroidered textile

This very finely hand-embroidered textile is an example of counted thread embroidery

A very useful piece to cook with

which I think makes them all the more appealing

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

barely visible to the eye

Gorgeous Antique Shaker-Style Turned Wooden Bowl with Handle (Mortar or Measuring Cup) Meiji box This very finely hand-embroidered textileSuch 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