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19th C Sycamore Dairy Bowl
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19th C Sycamore Dairy Bowl

19th century
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A Mid 19th Century Sycamore Dairy Bowl, Butter Bowl.

With a 'flat' rim, over the body sweeping through horizontal reeded banding, to the flat foot. In attractive original state.

Date circa 1850.

Height 4 1/2 inches, 11.5cm.

Diameter 12 inches, 30.5cm.

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Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this Antique Sycamore Dairy Bowl to the 1850s.

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SA1215767
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24361
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Mytton Antiques

Norton Crossroads

Atcham

Shropshire SY44UH

01952740229

07860575639

Description
A Mid 19th Century Sycamore Dairy Bowl, Butter Bowl.

With a 'flat' rim, over the body sweeping through horizontal reeded banding, to the flat foot. In attractive original state.

Date circa 1850.

Height 4 1/2 inches, 11.5cm.

Diameter 12 inches, 30.5cm.

Date of Manufacture

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this Antique Sycamore Dairy Bowl to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1215767
Dealers Internal Ref
24361
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
Sellingantiques verified Since May 2008

Fine antiques from the 18th century onwards, supplying both trade and private customers worldwide.

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A nineteenth-century turned sycamore dairy bowl featuring horizontal scribed lines along the exterior and a naturally aged timber patina.
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Archive I A nineteenth-century turned sycamore dairy bowl featuring horizontal scribed lines along the exterior and a naturally aged timber patina.

19th C Sycamore Dairy Bowl

Archive II A nineteenth-century turned sycamore dairy bowl featuring horizontal scribed lines along the exterior and a naturally aged timber patina. View II
Archive III A nineteenth-century turned sycamore dairy bowl featuring horizontal scribed lines along the exterior and a naturally aged timber patina. View III
Archive IV A nineteenth-century turned sycamore dairy bowl featuring horizontal scribed lines along the exterior and a naturally aged timber patina. View IV
Archive V A nineteenth-century turned sycamore dairy bowl featuring horizontal scribed lines along the exterior and a naturally aged timber patina. View V
Archive VI A nineteenth-century turned sycamore dairy bowl featuring horizontal scribed lines along the exterior and a naturally aged timber patina. View VI
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Atcham (just off J7 of M54)
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 4UH
United Kingdom
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Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
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Location: Atcham (just off J7 of M54), Shrewsbury, Shropshire , SY4 4UH, United Kingdom
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A nineteenth-century turned sycamore dairy bowl featuring horizontal scribed lines along the exterior and a naturally aged timber patina.
19TH C SYCAMORE DAIRY BOWL
Ref: SA1215767
A nineteenth-century turned sycamore dairy bowl featuring horizontal scribed lines along the exterior and a naturally aged timber patina.
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  • ObjectBowls
  • Period19th century
  • StyleRustic Country
  • MaterialSycamore
  • ColourPale Tan
  • MotifsLathe-turned rim, Incised scribed lines, Naturally aged grain

This mid nineteenth-century dairy bowl belongs to the rustic country style, taking the form of a utilitarian butter bowl produced in sycamore. The piece displays a pale tan timber colour with a naturally aged grain, an unglazed wooden surface, and a flat rim positioned above a body swept through with horizontal reeded banding down to a flat foot. Visible details include horizontal scribed lines, a weathered patina, and surface cracks across the timber. The bowl measures 11.5 cm in height and 30.5 cm in diameter. Suitable for placement on a kitchen island, the bowl functions well as a decorative table centrepiece or storage display for everyday kitchen items. The rustic farmhouse design vibe integrates easily into traditional and transitional interior schemes. The sycamore material provides a lightweight yet durable construction suited to daily display use within domestic spaces.

A sycamore dairy bowl is a hand-turned wooden vessel traditionally used in eighteenth and nineteenth-century dairies for separating cream from milk or preparing butter. Sycamore was chosen because it is a dense, close-grained hardwood that does not impart taste or odour into dairy products.

Sycamore timber features a tight, uniform grain structure and neutral characteristics, making it highly resistant to liquid absorption. This allowed dairy workers to scrub the vessel repeatedly without splintering the surface or contaminating dairy liquids.

Authentic nineteenth-century dairy bowls typically feature hand-lathe turning marks, slight ovalisation due to green wood drying over time, horizontal scribed lines on the exterior, and natural surface cracking consistent with age.

Antique dairy bowls are frequently placed on kitchen islands, sideboards, or dining tables as standalone decorative centrepieces. Their organic pale tone adds architectural texture alongside modern stone surfaces, glazed ceramics, and linen textiles.

Clean sycamore treen by wiping gently with a soft microfibre cloth, avoiding direct submersion in water or detergent exposure. Applying a neutral, food-safe beeswax polish periodically maintains the timbers hydration and stabilizes the grain.
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