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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 9494502, member: 111&quot;]This was most likely offered as a small caster/muffineer (&#039;muffineer&#039; as a name for large sugar shakers, seems to have been American, can&#039;t recall seeing it in ads and catalogs before the late 19th century), used for shaking out pepper, salt, or some type of spice.&nbsp; Despite endless incorrect online sales descriptions for various single shakers as pounce pots, actual pounce pots and sand boxes/sanders were a different form, and whether metal, ceramic or wood, they would typically have a concave lid, usually rather wide, that enabled remnants of the pounce or sand to be easily returned to the container after being used for preparing the writing surface or blotting the ink.&nbsp; Don&#039;t believe I&#039;ve ever run across a vegetable ivory pounce pot/sander, though they&#039;re common in turned wood...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS956US956&amp;sxsrf=AB5stBjm_Lnl4sZJgdrS7JsF2IZJne00Dg:1690049933059&amp;q=treen+pounce+pot&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiXjabP9qKAAxVxMlkFHYE_DooQ0pQJegQIChAB&amp;biw=1536&amp;bih=707&amp;dpr=1.25" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS956US956&amp;sxsrf=AB5stBjm_Lnl4sZJgdrS7JsF2IZJne00Dg:1690049933059&amp;q=treen+pounce+pot&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiXjabP9qKAAxVxMlkFHYE_DooQ0pQJegQIChAB&amp;biw=1536&amp;bih=707&amp;dpr=1.25" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS956US956&amp;sxsrf=AB5stBjm_Lnl4sZJgdrS7JsF2IZJne00Dg:1690049933059&amp;q=treen+pounce+pot&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiXjabP9qKAAxVxMlkFHYE_DooQ0pQJegQIChAB&amp;biw=1536&amp;bih=707&amp;dpr=1.25</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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