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51/121
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This mixing bowl is made of sycamore wood and is decorated with turned grooves. It has curved projections which serve as handles and were made in one piece with the bowl. It came from Mere in Wiltshire and was used for kneading dough and mixing puddings etc.
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1 mixing bowl: wood (sycamore); good condition
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Citation in publication [H. J. Massingham, 'Country Relics' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939)] –'Kneading was done for perhaps a century in a beautiful wooden bowl, with delicately moulded curved projections for the handles, given to me by Mr Frank Brown of Sudeley, where his family had farmed for a great many years.' (p.205), MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/121 // NAME: MIXING BOWL // NEG NO.: 35/171 // STORAGE: '
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_171.tif - High resolution image
