Birch Burr Dish
Artist
John Thomson
(Alford, Scotland, born 1939)
Date1980
Object NameDish
Mediumbirch wood
ClassificationsApplied Art
DimensionsDiameter: 6.3cm
Height: 3.2cm
Height: 3.2cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1981.
Copyright© John Thomson
LocationOn Display - Gallery 05
Object numberABDAG001141
More About MeDo you know what a burr is? It’s a strange knobbly growth on a tree trunk. It may be caused when the tree suffers from injury, a virus or fungus.
Exhibitions
19th Century
19th Century
1872 - 1873
c.1830
late 18th-early 19th Century
c. 1860
