Ash Burl Bowl
in Original Blue Paint

Probably Northeast, ca. 1800.

Dry, well worn from use blue paint on ash burl. Burl bowls with genuine early paint are scarce. It was clearly used in food preparation, as there are thousands of overlapping knife marks in the interior. .

Feels nice in-hand, weighty, smooth at the rim from burnishing by long-time handling. Cracks in the bottom that formed long ago within natural burl inclusions; ancient small loss at the rim. About 12 inch diameter x 4 ½ tall.