Saturday 21 August 2010

1950 coin dish - walnut wood

I was asked recently by Jean of Talking Beads if dad could make her a special wooden dish for her brother's 60th birthday.  She wanted a small coin dish with a 1950 coin set into the bottom.  Dad hasn't been well recently so I wasn't sure if he wanted to take on a commission but he said yes and we discussed dimensions.

Dad found a piece of walnut in his workshop & we found a 1950 halfpenny in a box of old coins that Nick remembered he had.

My dad is an absolute perfectionist and the little coin dish he made is just beautiful.

I know Jean likes it because she's posted that she does on the Misi forum!

6 comments:

  1. that's a really beautiful bowl! it's a lovely idea for a special gift - I shall remember that one :)

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  2. This is a beautiful piece of workmanship, love it. Well done your dad, he should be so proud.

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  3. I really love the dish Karen and I am so glad you blogged about it as I did not have a link I could put up and the pictures I took did not do it justice.

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  4. It's lovely. What a clever gift idea.

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  5. Love this - great gift idea. If you are selling these, I would be interested as gift

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  6. hi - sorry this was a one off, we don't sell them.

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