Name/Title
BowlEntry/Object ID
GHS 1714Description
Shallow wooden bowl with wide foot, metal flange is fixed to bowl by means of seven nails. Flange has punched, stylized design and the words " Wiebke Bouns 1840." The following is handwritten on the bottom of the bowl this plate of wood and pewter is called a "Mazer" in Europe. This one may be German.
Decorative pewter rim with incised tulip and curvilinear motifs. Rim attached to plate with several small nails.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Dimensions
Height
1-1/8 inDiameter
9-3/8 inProvenance
Notes
GHS True Accession Book #1714 "...a Pewter Mazer or Plate inscribed 'Wibke Bruns -1840'. " Tulip decoration on rim. Netherlands?
Donor: Mr. & Mrs. John W. Burck
Wynnwood, PA
Date: 7/8/1958