You Will Never Fail, Earlier 19th Century Manuscript Recipe for Tempering Edge Tools Japan I think the cap is

I think the cap is pewter

I'm not knowledgable enough about pre-Columbian pottery to identify where this bowl came from

And then this wonderful long and flowy brown linen skirt

The "ice" on the top

You Will Never Fail, Earlier 19th Century Manuscript Recipe for Tempering Edge Tools Japan I think the cap isA Reipt [I believe meant as receipt, widely used instead of recipe in the 19th century] to tempur [sic] edge tools. Take 5th of tallow, 1 1 2th of hard sope [sic], 1th of beeswax, 1th of horse hoof, 1th of salt first fry the horses foot [crossed out] hoof in the tallow then take out the horse hoof then boil it all together and put it in a troft [sic] large enough to temper any tool then heat the tool a chery [sic] red and stick it in and leave it be