Bowl

This turned wooden bowl is made of elm, one of the most common woods used in bowl turning. It was made by George Lailey, a bowl turner of Bucklebury, Berkshire, circa 1945–6. George Lailey turned wooden bowls using a pole lathe in his hut at Turner's Green, on Bucklebury Common, until 1958. This bowl is part of a large collection of traditional craft products acquired from the British Council in 1…