Highly Figured Early American Ash Burl Bowl

Circa 1780-1820: Measuring 13"D x 6.5"H, this outstanding early American burl bowl of New England origin features an unusually high profile, a superb warm surface, a highly graphic grain, decorative grooved turnings, and a nicely defined foot. This fine ash bowl is slightly out of round, as it should be for its advanced age, and exhibits proper period use: a veritable web of light knife marks on the bowl's inside, a carved rim notch to hold a spoon or butter paddle, and a hole where a knothole was removed and carved out a bit so that the bowl could be hung on the wall when not in use. This incredible piece of early treen is large enough to make a statement as a wall piece or as centerpiece on a piece of furniture but is not so cumbersome that one would have difficulty finding a place to display it, and this versatile bowl would work well in a formal, a high country, or a primitive setting. Provenance: Ex H. Marshall Goodman.