This is the first authoritative account of the history of the wooden bowl. It details evidence of the turners craft dating back 4000 years, and looks at the development of lathe technology, as well as the tools and timbers used. The author has been given unprecedented access to study and photograph important collections, many of which have never appeared in print before. The superb photographs show priceless, gold-adorned vessels buried with Saxon Kings, Tudor bowls from the wreck of the Mary Rose, and even a bowl which some claim to be the Holy Grail.
- ISBN10 0854421300
- ISBN13 9780854421305
- Publish Date 12 October 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Stobart Davies Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English