A fine Charles II turned lignum vitae wassail bowl and cover, circa 1660


The cover turned with lines and rings, and with domed centre, the stem for a spice cup remaining, and with three cup finials (all probably later), the slightly tapering bowl turned with an upper cord, a pair of cords at the waist, and a half-round cord below, on a short stem and a turned and spreading circular foot, overall 27cm diameter x 38cm high; bowl 25cm diameter x 28.5cm high
|Exhibited:The Merchant's House, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 2006-2018An almost identical example is illustrated on the far right of Plate 10 in O. Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood (1992). The illustrated example has the same shaped central finial and configuration of turnings to the bowl.