I BOUGHT THIS BOWL MANY MANY YEARS AGO,  WHEN I WAS INTO THE ANTIQUE/COLLECTIBLES.  I LOVED COLLECTING THINGS AND SELLING GAVE ME AN OUTLET TO BUYING.

THIS PIECE WAS AND IS UNIQUE.  BUT IT IS ONLY LATELY I FIGURED OUT WHAT THE SCENE WAS. I WAS WATCHING YOU TUBE ON "ENGLAND'S TIME TEAM" AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY.   " QUEEN MATILDA" MADE IT TO DOCUMENT THE "BATTLE OF HASTINGS" AND "EDWARD THE CONFESSOR".  

ON THE INSIDE OF THE BOWL, IT IS WRITTEN  IN LATIN BUT IT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE "WE DELIVERED THE MESSAGE SIR TO (DUKE WILLIAM?)  " HIC VENIT : NVNTIVS : AD WILGELMVM DVCEM".  

BY CHANCE I ALSO FOUND ON YOU TUBE A PERSON "LINDYBEIGE" WHO TELLS YOU HOW OLD ITEMS ARE.  WELL HE DID A VERY COMICAL READING OF THIS TAPESTRY.  HE DID IT USING THE PC APP POWER POINT.  IT WAS GREAT.

ABOVE ARE THE MEASUREMENTS AND CONDITION, BUT PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PICTURES FOR THAT IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CONDITION.

I KNOW THE ARTIST WAS ACTIVE IN THE EARLY MID CENTURY.   I SAW SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE 1940'S,  BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE AGE OF THIS BOWL.  ON THE BOTTOM IS HIS NAME AND "MADE IN DENMARK" STAMPED INTO THE METAL.   IN THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM LOOKS LIKE (44G) HAND SCRATCHED,  IT IS HARD TO READ.  

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