Beautiful Old Farrier's Box with Iron Corner Reinforcements desk object I found this one along

I found this one along with an original pink triangle pin and a 1983 Christopher Street Liberation Day pin (the predecessor to the Gay Pride Parade)

5 1/2" tall x 2 3/4" in diameter

presumably representing the trunk of a tree

I've seen handled bowls of this form described as mortars

Beautiful Old Farrier's Box with Iron Corner Reinforcements desk object I found this one alongI believe this is an old farrier box, used for storing and carrying tools for shoeing horses, and certainly it has done a lot of work, with these beautiful iron corner reinforcements added long ago. Hand forged iron nails, original red paint, and a leather strap that once would have adjusted but was fixed in place at some point along the way. Very sturdy and useful still as a carrying box for tools or whatever, but also just a gorgeous object. 13 3 4"