Bowl

Object Name:

Bowl

Object ID:

1958.077.02

Place of Origin:

Canterbury, NH

Date:

circa 1850

Description:

Bowl. Light brown, soft wood. Hemispheric in shape. Concentric turning marks on inside and out. Inside smooth from rim down. Slightly flattened from inside bottom surface ~2" diameter, fairly flat. Definite turning mark about halfway up bowl. Slight transition in surface at that turning mark. Rim turned with slightly convex surface, tilts towards inside edge, on inside half of rim. On outside half of rim, slightly convex bevel turned to outside; this leaves slightly rounded ridge on surface of rim. On outside edge, turned band about 0.7" wide and definite step of 0.15". Bowl then turned. Curved surface then slight upward turn to a flat foot 5" diameter. Definite color shifts in bowl with changes in grain direction. Paper label on bottom (dirty); five lines printed in blue ink from bottom to top: "Gard..erick / Bowl of / [pumpkin] / ....pine fro../ Canterbury / Shakers". On outside of one edge, small peel of dimples that come from turning process. On opposite side of dimples (smaller area), due to turning into edge grain. Remnants of two adhesive labels on inside near top edge.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-5.9 W-16.4 L-17.3 inches Weight-42.85 oz

Provenance:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner L. King, Fitchburg, MA. Bowl of pumpkin pine from Canterbury Shakers, purchased in their antique shop. Probably made c. 1850 on foot lathe by one of Canterbury brothers; not known which one.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner L. King

People:

King, Gardner L. (1893-1963), King, Constance J. (1893-1984)

Subjects:

Shakers, Bowls (Tableware)