18th Century Material Culture

Plates & Bowls: Woodenware

 Wood
Plates & Trenchers
American Plate (13” Diameter)
c. 1600 - 1800
(Winterthur)
New England Sugar Maple Plate (9.56” x 9.31”)
c. 1700 - 1750
(Winterthur)
American Cherry Plate
c. 1700 - 1770
(Winterthur)
American Cherry Plate
c. 1700 - 1770
(Winterthur)
American Maple Plate (9” Diameter)
c. 1700 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Maple Plate (9” Diameter)
c. 1700 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Plate (9.25” Diameter x 0.87” Height)
c. 1725 - 1750
(Winterthur)
American Plate (9.25” Diameter x 0.87” Height)
c. 1725 - 1750
(Winterthur)
New England Burl Bowl & Trencher
Dated 1726
(Skinner)
 New England Maple Plate
c. 1750 - 1800
(New Hampshire Historical Society)
English Sycamore Serving Platter
c. 1770
(Christies Auction House)
American Plate (10.37” Diameter x 1.5” Height)
c. 1775 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Plate (10.37” Diameter x 1.5” Height)
c. 1775 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Plate (8.8” Diameter x 1.8” Height)
c. 1750 - 1825
(Winterthur)
American Plate (8.8” Diameter x 1.8” Height)
c. 1750 - 1825
(Winterthur)
 Wooden Trencher
Found in Privy 2, Three Cranes Tavern, Charlestown, Massachusetts
Burned by the British on June 17, 1775
c. 1762 - 1775
(City of Boston Archeology Program)
 Wood Plate
18th Century
(Private Collection)
 Wood Plate
18th Century
(Private Collection)
New England Treen Plate of Chestnut
18th Century
(Private Collection)
New England Wood Trencher Marked “Anna Osgood”
18th Century
(Skinner)
 American Maple Plate / Trencher
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Maple Plate / Trencher
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Maple Plate / Trencher
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Maple Plate / Trencher
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Maple Plate / Trencher
c. 1780 - 1800
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Maple Plate / Trencher
c. 1780 - 1800
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
New England Maple Plate
Late 18th Century
(Private Collection)
New England Maple Plate
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Maple Plate
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Maple Plate
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
A Pair of Sycamore Child’s Platters
Late 18th Century
(Christie’s Auction House)
American Wood Plate Used at George Washington’s Mount Vernon for Chopping (Diameter: 12 1/8” x 13 1/8” x2 1/8”)
c. 1760 - 1800
(Mount Vernon)
American Wood Plate Used at George Washington’s Mount Vernon for Chopping (Diameter: 12 1/8” x 13 1/8” x2 1/8”)
c. 1760 - 1800
(Mount Vernon)
American Maple Chopping Trencher from New England (Diameter: 13” x 23”, H: 5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Maple Chopping Trencher from New England (Diameter: 13” x 23”, H: 5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Maple Chopping Trencher from New England (Diameter: 13” x 23”, H: 5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
Wooden
Bowls
American Burl Bowl (8.62” Diameter x 2.5” Height)
c. 1725 - 1770
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (8.62” Diameter x 2.5” Height)
c. 1725 - 1770
(Winterthur)
American Maple Bowl (Diameter: 6", H: 2.5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Maple Bowl (Diameter: 6", H: 2.5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Maple Bowl (Diameter: 6", H: 2.5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Burl Bowl (15.75” Diameter x 4.25” Height)
c. 1700 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (15.75” Diameter x 4.25” Height)
c. 1700 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (15.75” Diameter x 4.25” Height)
c. 1700 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (8.25” Diameter x 2.5” Height)
c. 1725 - 1770
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (8.25” Diameter x 2.5” Height)
c. 1725 - 1770
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (8.25” Diameter x 2.5” Height)
c. 1725 - 1770
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (11.2” Diameter x 10.87” Height)
c. 1725 - 1825
(Winterthur)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 14”, H: 6.75”)
c. 1780
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 16”, H: 5.25”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 17.5", H: 4 7/8")
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 17.5", H: 4 7/8")
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 17.5", H: 4 7/8")
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 14.5” by 12” by 6"")
18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 14.5” by 12” by 6"")
18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Burl Bowl (16.62” Diameter x 19.6” Height)
c. 1700 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (16.62” Diameter x 19.6” Height)
c. 1700 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (16.62” Diameter x 19.6” Height)
c. 1700 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (9.37” Diameter x 3” Height)
c. 1775 - 1825
(Winterthur)
American Burl Bowl (9.37” Diameter x 3” Height)
c. 1775 - 1825
(Winterthur)
New England Burl Bowl
18th Century
(Private Collection)
New England Burl Bowl
18th Century
(Private Collection)
New England Burl Bowl
18th Century
(Private Collection)
American Burl Bowl
18th Century
(Private Collection)
American Burl Bowl
18th Century
(Private Collection)
American Ash Burl Bowl from New England
18th Century
(Christie’s)
American Ash Burl Bowl from New England
18th Century
(Christie’s)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 18”)
18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 18”)
18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 18”)
18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Small Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 5.5”, H: 2”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Small Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 17 5/8” by 16” by 5")
18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Small Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 16.5", H; approx. 5.5"”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 13”, H: 5.5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 13.5”, H: 5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 7”, H: 3”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 9.5”, H: 3”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 8”, H: 5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 18,5”, H: 7.5”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowl (Diameter: 17 5/8” by 13.5” by 4.25”)
c. 1780 - 1820
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
Northern European Burr - Wood Bowl
18th - Early 19th Century
(Christie’s)
Woodlands Ash Burl Chopping Bowl / Trencher
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Private Collection)
Large Oval Burl Bowl of Ash - Northern Great Lakes Region
c. 1780
(Private Collection)
Large Oval Burl Bowl of Ash - Northern Great Lakes Region
c. 1780
(Private Collection)
American Wood Bowl Used at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (Diameter: 7 5/16” x2 1/2”)
c. 1760 - 1800
(Mount Vernon)
American Wood Bowl Used at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (Diameter: 7 5/16” x2 1/2”)
c. 1760 - 1800
(Mount Vernon)
American Wood Bowl Used at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (Diameter: 7 5/16” x2 1/2”)
c. 1760 - 1800
(Mount Vernon)
American Elm Bowl (Diameter 10.5” by 4.5”)
Late 18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Ash Burl Bowls with Pierced Handles (Diameter 19” by 15.5” by 5”)
c. 1780
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Bowl in Blue Paint from New England (Diameter 19“ by 18.75” by 7")
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Bowl in Blue Paint from New England (Diameter 7.5“ by 7.25” by 2")
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Bowl in Green Paint from New England (Diameter 4.75” by 4.5” by 1.25")
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Bowl in Green Paint from New England (Diameter 4.75” by 4.5” by 1.25")
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Bowl in Red Paint from New England (Diameter 20" by 18.5” by 6.5”)
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Bowl in Red Paint from New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Private Collection)
American Bowl in Red Paint from New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Private Collection)
English Sycamore Bowl
c. 1600
(Christies)
Turned Wooden Bowl (7” Diameter)
Late 18th Century
(Private Collection)
New England Turned Chestnut Bowl in Black Paint
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Maple Basin or Bowl in Blue Paint from Essex, Massachusetts (12.5” Diameter x 1.75” Height)
c. 1680 - 1720
(Winterthur)
New England Bowl (15.25” Diameter)
c. 1750 - 1800
(Winterthur)
New England Ash Plate & Burl Bowl
Late 18th Century
(Skinner)
 Wooden
Covered Bowls
Fruitwood Bowl & Cover
c. 1780
(Christies Auction House)
American Covered Bowl
c. 1775 - 1800
(Winterthur)
American Covered Bowl
c. 1750 - 1800
(Winterthur)
 Staved
Wooden Bowls
 Staved Wooden Bowl
Mid to Late 18th Century
(Halsey Munson Americana)
 Staved Wooden Bowl
Mid to Late 18th Century
(Halsey Munson Americana)
 Staved Wooden Bowl
Mid to Late 18th Century
(Halsey Munson Americana)
 Staved Wooden Mess Bowl that Belonged to a Continental Soldier in Major General Charles Lee’s Division
Left in the Hands of the Paxson Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1778
From the Article:” “The common necessaries of life ...” A Revolutionary Soldier’s Wooden Bowl” by John U. Rees
(The Late Sally Paxson)
 Staved Wooden Mess Bowl that Belonged to a Continental Soldier in Major General Charles Lee’s Division
Left in the Hands of the Paxson Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1778
From the Article:” “The common necessaries of life ...” A Revolutionary Soldier’s Wooden Bowl” by John U. Rees
(The Late Sally Paxson)
 Staved Wooden Mess Bowl that Belonged to a Continental Soldier in Major General Charles Lee’s Division
Left in the Hands of the Paxson Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1778
From the Article:” “The common necessaries of life ...” A Revolutionary Soldier’s Wooden Bowl” by John U. Rees
(The Late Sally Paxson)
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