Stone Bowl

Any idea what that is?
Two handles on the sides but they are small and too uncomfortable to hold.

 

it looks to my untrained eye like the kind of stone found in Mexico, i once watched a program where they used a larger stone and smaller one for grinding corn to a flour consistency, for making taco shells.

 

It kind of looks like 1/2 of what @Procurator was talking about!!!! Except yours, Kard, has a newer look to it.....BWIK!!!!!

 

Does look like Mexican lava. Usually seen as a molcajete or the traditional mortar & pestle. Here's a more modern usage too.

Debora

 

could be a granite pan for old wood stoves. the rim prevents it from coming to near to the flames. for simmering.