Bidspirit auction | Medieval Turned Sycamore Bowl

Medieval Turned Sycamore Bowl - 12th-13th century AD A finely-turned sycamore bowl showing lathe and tool marks. 125 grams, 16.5 cm (6 1/2”). Very finely preserved and stable. Very rare. Provenance Found in association with early 13th century pottery fragments near Wapping Tube Station, London, UK, in the mid 1980s. Literature See Museum of London Medieval Catalogue, p. 207 for comment; see Antiquaries Journal XVII (1937), p. 414-418, for further examples from the Bank of England site, from the early 14th century.