19th C. Blue Fruit-Drying Bowl
American beech or basswood shallow fruit-drying bowl in original Rhode Island blue paint. Ca. 1840-1860 and probably turned on a mandrel lathe, it measures 9 5/8” with the grain and 9 3/8” across the grain from age shrinkage, by only 1 7/8” deep. Very light, finely turned with a thin rim and a crisply raised foot. Turning a bowl so fine called for more skill than turning a heavier milk or butter bowl and it’s remarkable that this one has survived without a crack or repair.
$675
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