A dolly pot is used to crush specimens and samples before panning. It works like a large mortar and pestle. A small cast iron dolly pot.dolly-pot gold-mining metal-trades

.1 METAL DOLLY POT .2 METAL ORE CRUSHERMARKING IMPRINTED ON BASE: "J & W Findlay"mining equipment, dolly pot

Cast iron dolly pots were used in the mining industry to crush ore specimens and samples into dust before panning. The principle is the same as a mortar and pestle.This item has two pieces both are made from cast iron and are rusted and a dark brown color. One is a tapering cylinder 16.5 centimetres wide a its top, the first two and a half centimetres down tapper to 13.5 diameter, the next nine centimetres tapper to 11 centimetres diameter. the last two and a half centimetres is a solid base that flares out to a 16.5 centimetre diameter, the inside of the bottom of the cylinder is a bowl shape. The other piece is a solid tapering shape, it's four and a half centimetres in diameter at one end which tappers to three centimetres in four centimetres of length, the next sixteen centimetres tapper to two centimetre diameter. There is a knob on top, one and a half centimetre high and two and a half centimetres wide.mortar and pestle, dolly pot, gold minning

Iron dolly pot. Cylindrical shape, open at top. Used with a pestle for hand crushing gold bearing ore. No pestle with dolly pot.gold mining, practical object

Cast Iron Dolly Pot 9 cm high 13 cm diameter at top it has a small hole on either side perhaps for a handle The interior appears to have been burnt at some stage.gold mining, equipment, miners

Vera Frogley was the donor's son-in-law's motherCream linen made up cushion cover. Ssurface stitch of a lady in Dolly Varden style long blue dress, apron and hat, carrying basket of hollyhocks, a topiary tree in a pot and daisies,embroidery, surface stitchery, dolly varden