Antique Munising Turned Maple Wood Bowl, Circa 1930s

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Antique Munising Turned Maple Wood Bowl, Circa 1930s

A warmly appealing and genuinely useful example of early 20th century American … Read more Antique Munising Turned Maple Wood Bowl, Circa 1930s

A warmly appealing and genuinely useful example of early 20th century American turned woodenware, this handsome maple bowl by Munising — one of the most celebrated and collectible names in American wooden kitchenware — displays the honest, unpretentious beauty that has made Munising pieces so enduringly popular with collectors of American country antiques, farmhouse kitchenware, and primitive decorative objects.
The Munising Wood Products Company of Munising, Michigan was celebrated throughout the early 20th century for producing some of the finest quality turned wooden bowls in America, their maple bowls prized for the exceptional density and figure of the Great Lakes maple from which they were crafted. This example displays all of the quality and character that defines the best Munising production — the slightly oblong form a natural and pleasing consequence of the original maple blank from which it was turned, giving the bowl a gentle organic individuality that machine made reproductions can never replicate.
The bowl has never been oiled or finished, and retains instead a beautifully oxidized natural surface acquired over nearly a century of kitchen life — a warm, mellow, silvery-honey tone that is the natural and inevitable result of aged unfinished maple and that many collectors and decorators prize above any applied finish. No splits, chips, or cracks are present — a remarkable state of structural integrity for an unfinished wooden bowl of this age and everyday working purpose.
At 11¼ by 10½ inches and 3 inches tall this is a generous and practical size, as useful today for bread, fruit, or salad as it was in an American farmhouse kitchen ninety years ago.
Dimensions: 11.25" × 10.5" × 3"H
Material: Turned maple wood
Maker: Munising Wood Products Company, Munising, Michigan
Origin: American, Circa 1930s
Condition: Never oiled or finished; naturally oxidized surface from age and use; no splits, chips, or cracks See less