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Woodgrain Nut Bowl

Woodgrain Nut Bowl


Height: 2″

Diameter: 5″
Price: $45.00

Product code: B08

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The Woodgrain Nut Bowl, like its cousin, the Woodgrain Beaker, is a unique form. It’s shaped over a wooden form and then burnished with so much pressure that the grain of the wood is imprinted into the metal.

It’s beautiful to look at and touch. It also is a conversation piece! One of our most popular pieces to be sure. In addition to our regular product information provided in each box, these pieces have a separate card describing the woodgrain effect.

Published on Monday September 1, 2008 in $50 and Under, Bowls, Gifts and Pewter. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Baby Cup (Wood grain interior)

Baby Cup (Wood grain interior)



Height: 2.5″

Price : $40.00

Product code: C11

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The Baby Cup with the woodgrain interior was the first piece my father made using this method. The cup is fashioned over birch and burnished. It’s a unique piece in every sense of the word.

Published on Monday September 1, 2008 in $50 and Under, Cups, For Children, Gifts and Pewter. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Woodgrain Beaker

Woodgrain Beaker



Height: 4″

Capacity: 11 oz.

Price: $45.00

Product code: C03

In the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Woodgrain Beaker is perhaps the most interesting cup we make. My Father and I created this cup at the suggestion of Jonathan Fairbanks, former curator of American Decorative Arts, Museum of fine Arts, Boston around 1992.

Jonathan saw our Child’s Cup with the birch grain interior and asked us to make something taller, without a handle. This cup was the end result and one of the early examples was acquired by the MFA for its permanent collection in 1993. It, along with my Father’s prize winning Fruit Bowl were the only contemporary pieces of pewter added to their collection in the 20th century! Ideal for serving Mint Juleps.

The pewter is shaped around a wooden form, or chuck, which is made from oak. Once the metal is on the form, a burnishing tool is used to apply enough pressure on the outside if the vessel to impart the grain of the form on the inside of the beaker. Truly a unique piece!

Published on Sunday August 31, 2008 in $50 and Under, Cups, Gifts and Pewter. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .