You Will Never Fail, Earlier 19th Century Manuscript Recipe for Tempering Edge Tools Japan looking quite a bit like

looking quite a bit like Casper the ghost but in lion form

certainly the intent was to facilitate design thinking and pattern play much more broadly

I think the cap is pewter

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

and light foxing and small stains here and there

You Will Never Fail, Earlier 19th Century Manuscript Recipe for Tempering Edge Tools Japan looking quite a bit likeA 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