I would like to share with you this mortar. This was my grandfathers and it has always been called a mortar. He was born in 1899 and I have no history of where he got it from. I received this along with his firearms when he passed in the early 90's. My late father always told the story of how grandpa would have horning parties and this was what he would bring.For those who don't know a horning party was held on wedding nights for the respective newlyweds. In the day and age of not living together before marriage, I guess that first night was " special". That's when grandpa would arrive in the dark of night and " Pack it full of powder, light the fuse and run like hell" . I guess this surely interrupted the goings on in the house. This is the family history of what I've received. I would like to know if any of you could shed some insight as to the age style, history etc. of this. Any help would be appreciated. The dimensions are as follows: 9 3/4 tall, 3 1/2 inches wide at the base, 3 1/4 wide at the barrel and a 1 3/8 bore. The bottom is concave and there is a touch hole in the breech. I'm not sure of the two countersunk holes although there seems to be a milled out sight line . Here are some pics, I lost the first post due to file size. Thanks in advance, Jason