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Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1680-1799

GUSN

GUSN-2386

Description

Treen handled bowl of dark figured wood. Bottom half turned on a lathe. Top half and handle carved. All form a single piece of wood. Deep round bowl. Light weight.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bowls (vessels)
carving (processes)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Turned
Carved
Bowl

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 x 12 1/2 (HxW), 9 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.407

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