RARE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART, NEW ENGLAND PRIMITIVE, ANTIQUE, LARGE, 12 1/2" in DIAMETER, GREEN PAINTED, LATHE-TURNED 

WOODEN DOUGH/MIXING BOWL, featuring DEEP OLIVE GREEN EXTERIOR SIDEWALLS & DRY, SCRUBBED, NATURAL PINE WOOD INTERIOR BASIN, with RAISED OUTER BAND for GRIPPING & CARRYING 

[This absolutely gorgeous primitive painted wooden bowl has a drying fracture about an inch or so in length, emanating from the top outer edge of the bowl. It doesn't render the bowl unusable or is very noticeable or unsightly]

(Circa 1830-1855)

Early to mid 19th century American folk art New England primitive lathe-turned, painted wooden mixing/dough bowls 

DIMENSIONS:

                   4" Height x 12 ½" x 12" (nearly round) 

 Weight: 1 lb. 13 oz.

 

DESCRIPTION:

Offered for your review and consideration is this very rare and now extremely hard-to-find, early to mid 19th century American folk art, New England primitive antique hand painted, semi-transparent dark green exterior pine wooden dough mixing or serving bowl. It's as right as rain and hasn't been adulterated or previously abused or misused. The bowl still has its original, dry, unpainted, scrubbed wooden interior, which is only marred by a single, 1" drying fracture emanating down into the bowl's sidewall. This isn't entirely uncommon for a wooden bowl, now some 165 to 185 years old, especially this large at 12 1/2" in diameter, meaning it wasn't just a pretty thing but a kitchen workhorse and a utilitarian object put into almost daily use in the early Cape Cod estate it was discovered in. The large bowl sports a flat upper sill which is softly chamfered on its outer edge. The semi-transparent olive green paint has only a slight blemish on one side. The bowl has 100% original surfaces and first generation paint. Representing early New England cultural life on Cape Cod. A truly beautiful early New England untouched artifact. Absolutely lovely.

 

CONDITION: 

Good to Very Good overall antique condition.