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1700-1799
GUSN-2385
Large treen (wooden) charger with wide rim and deep well. Not unlike church communion plate or "tondino". Turned with incised bands on rim and center. Very light weight.
chargers (platters)
ash (wood)
carving (processes)
incising
turning (shaping process)
treenware
Ash
Treen
Carved
Incised
Turned
Charger
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
14 x 2 1/4 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.406
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