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This is a wooden mixing bowl for domestic use. It is made of wych elm and was probably turned on a pole lathe. Lavinia Smith acquired it from Frederick Goody, a baker from the East Hendred area.

1 mixing bowl: wood [wych-elm]; good condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This is a mixing bowl made of turned wych-elm. It was probably turned on a pole lathe, which is a lathe of a very simple type. Miss Smith obtained the bowl from Mr. Goodey [sic], a baker, who probably lived in the neighbourhood of East Hendred. // It measures 8.75 inches in diameter and 3.5 inches in height.', Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) – 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 //Small articles on the Wood Table // 91. Wooden mixing bowl, Mr Goodey, baker'

Smith, Lavinia Dugan (Collector)