My friend Johanne (of fashioninmotion fame— would add fortune but not sure if fortune has happened yet) emailed me with this photo.
This ceramic beauty was abandoned with some great plates in a box behind a now defunct Leslieville kitchen store. It now has a home but no identity.
So I ask for your help–do you know what this is? Please pass on, or PIN on Pinterest and together we can Nancy Drew ourselves out of this mystery.
It’s two pieces btw, and Johanne says it makes the most awful screeching sound of ceramic on ceramic when you move the top piece along the shaped ridges, quite horrific, so the idea that maybe it is used for grinding spices/pesto/herbs makes Johanne shudder.
Here are a few other photos or our ear-piercing, door knobbish friend-
I don’t know why the pictures are uploading crooked and it is 4 am so I am just not worrying about it.
(4am is when all mysteries become so mind-boggling that they must be posted right away)
This is over $20 bucks worth of something useful. Potentially.
Nice manicure Johanne.
Any and all guesses are welcome!
cheese and toast 