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Bowl

Maker: James Prestini, American, 1908-1993
Medium: Birch
Place Made: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dates: ca. 1943-1953
Dimensions: 4 7/8 x 10 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (12.4 x 26.4 x 26.4 cm)
Markings: Impressed on bottom: "PRESTINI"; on paper label: "271x / 61"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 81.113.7
Credit Line: Gift of Professor James Prestini
Image: Overall, 81.113.7_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Curly birch lathe-turned bowl. Flat bottom (3 1/2" diameter), deep with rounded sides above. Made of two horizontal sections of wood, joined. Prestini numbers 61, 271. CONDITION: Good.

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