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Once logs arrive at the Great Alaskan Bowl Co., they go through a 22-step process of carving, sanding and oiling to become wooden bowls, says cutter and sander Klaus Reeck.
A dough trough from Aberdour Castle, Fife, Scotland. A kneading trough is a term for the vessel in which dough, after being mixed and leavened was left to swell or ferment. The first citation of kneading-trough in the Oxford English Dictionary is Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, 1386. Flour was not stored, perhaps for fear of insect infestation, but ...
We’ve got you covered with our list of the 10 most sought-after vintage Pyrex bowls on the market, along with tips to help you maximize their value. 1. Lucky in Love (1959)
Wooden trencher from Västergötland, Sweden, mid-17th century A modern cheeseboard A trencher (from Old French trancher 'to cut') is a type of tableware , commonly used in medieval cuisine . A trencher was originally a flat round of (usually stale ) bread used as a plate , upon which the food could be placed to eat. [ 1 ]
Other wooden quaiches were lathe-turned out of a single piece of wood and there was another group which were turned then carved outside in basket-weave pattern. In addition to wood, they are made of stone, brass, pewter, horn, and silver. The latter were often engraved with lines and bands in imitation of the staves and hoops of the wooden quaichs.
Ridge and furrow is an archaeological pattern of ridges (Medieval Latin: sliones) and troughs created by a system of ploughing used in Europe during the Middle Ages, typical of the open-field system. It is also known as rig (or rigg) and furrow, mostly in the North East of England and in Scotland. [1] [2] [3]
Stocksdale's bowls are prized by collectors. They have been shown in Europe and Japan, and they appear in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum , the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, [ 8 ] the Oakland Museum , [ 2 ] Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland .
Both his grandfather, George William Lailey (1782–1871) [1] and his father William (1847–1912) were also bowl-turners, specialising in the production of bowls and plates from elm wood using a pole lathe. [2] George Lailey was particularly noted for his exceptional skill of turning bowls in a 'nest', one inside another. [3]