DESCRIPTION: These are a hand turned bird’s eye maple wooden dough bowl from New England circa early 1800s from New England, circa 1700s. Large wooden dough bowls were the workhorse in early American kitchens and not decorative pieces. A dough scraper was a useful tool in the early colonial home. It was usually a long, rectangular hand wrought piece of iron that was secured with a wooden handle.The wooden dough bowl was made from a single piece bird’s eye maple, which grows in New England. The bird’s eye maple dough bowl is beehive shaped, and has a large flat base for resting. The outside of the bird’s eye maple dough bowl has inactive wormholes and some scarring due decades of use. Shellac was used commonly as a protective coating for baskets and treen from the elements. The bird’s eye maple dough bowl has a light coating of shellac. The inside of the bird’s eye maple dough bowl has lots of scars from use of almost two centuries! MEASUREMENTS: The bird’s eye maple dough bowl is 17 inches wide, 5 inches high, and 51 inches round in circumference. .SHIPPING: Packaging, handling, and shipping for all locations in the 48 Continental United States is $25. For Alaska, Hawaii, International, and all other locations outside the 48 Continental United States packaging and handling is $10 plus shipping which can be determined by using USPS.com with origin of 19968, package dimensions of 20X20X10 and 10 pounds and your destination location.

The bird’s eye maple dough bowl has age appropriate wear and patina. The wrought iron dough scrapper is in excellent condition.