Lot 11
11
A sycamore bowl

Details
A sycamore bowl
the body crudely carved with the initials I.G., the underside applied with a hand inscribed paper label SMALL BASIN or BOWL - fruit - wood carved on side IG 1½" high - 4 1/8" wide English: 16 or 17th cent:' from Evan Thomas coll, English, probably 18th century -- 4 1/8in. (10.5cm) diam

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Owen Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, Stobart Davies, Hertford 1973. Pages 53-55, similar examples illustrated plate 23.

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