An Early English Turned Applewood Dairy Bowl, Late 17th or earlier English garden urns With beautiful patination and wear

With beautiful patination and wear

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and sometimes were filled with a coloured glass insert

An Early English Turned Applewood Dairy Bowl, Late 17th or earlier English garden urns With beautiful patination and wearA early, humble and perfectly patinated bowl, hand turned from dense applewood in the late 17th Century or earlier. Formed on a manual foot lathe, retaining clear evidence of its making in the visible tool marks to the interior and underside. Broad and shallow in form, with a gently everted rim, it was intended for everyday domestic use most likely within the dairy or pantry kitchen. The surface has developed a deep, warm patina through generations of