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<p>[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 14186, member: 57"]First-impression (which means flying by the seat of my britches) guesses -- if it is soapstone perhaps it's a "weight" to keep a lid/cover down on a crock or other container.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it is made of a material which is harder than soapstone perhaps it's a hand-held grinder/masher for dried corn kernels or other grains or herbs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or it is an old example of a "pestle" druggists used long ago to grind plant material into "medicinal concoctions."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 14186, member: 57"]First-impression (which means flying by the seat of my britches) guesses -- if it is soapstone perhaps it's a "weight" to keep a lid/cover down on a crock or other container. If it is made of a material which is harder than soapstone perhaps it's a hand-held grinder/masher for dried corn kernels or other grains or herbs. Or it is an old example of a "pestle" druggists used long ago to grind plant material into "medicinal concoctions."[/QUOTE]
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