Massive Covered Ash Burl Bowl

Circa: 1780
Size: 14 3/8" (d) x 10" (h)
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This is the largest covered ash burl bowl extant. Covered burl bowls are typically of a vague sugar bowl size, this enormous example would have likely been a serving piece brought to the table.

Provenance: DeVere Card, Avis & Rockwell Gardiner, Private, Sam Forsythe & David Good, Leigh Keno

Exhibited: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1971

Pictured and discussed: North American Burl Treen: Colonial & Native American, page 62-63; and The Use of Burl in America, page 25.

HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES AVAILABLE.

Condition: It maintains its original shellac and complex surface. Restored loss to section along perimeter of cover.

Price: SOLD

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