This is the largest covered ash burl bowl extant. Covered burl bowls are typically of a vague sugar bowl size, this enormous example would have likely been a serving piece brought to the table.
Provenance: DeVere Card, Avis & Rockwell Gardiner, Private, Sam Forsythe & David Good, Leigh Keno
Exhibited: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1971
Pictured and discussed: North American Burl Treen: Colonial & Native American, page 62-63; and The Use of Burl in America, page 25.
HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES AVAILABLE.
Condition: It maintains its original shellac and complex surface. Restored loss to section along perimeter of cover.