This bowl was made by George Lailey (1869–1958) , a wood turner who lived in Bucklebury and made bowls using a traditional foot operated pole lathe. He mostly used elm wood to make his bowls which he then polished with turmeric that had been mixed into the beeswax.
Watercolour of Rhododendrons at Sandleford Priory
Watercolour by Miss Ellen Mabel Southby.
