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Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1725-1825

GUSN

GUSN-2991

Description

Burl maple bowl, large and round, carved from single piece of burl with overhanging rim above 3 incised bands; wide body resting on a shallow foot of golden brown patina; highly figured.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bowls (vessels)
cookware
burl veneer
turning (shaping process)
Maple
Turned
BOWL

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7.25 (H), 18.75 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1471

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