Richard Raffan turns a baronial eggcup @RichardRaffanwoodturning

Richard Raffan | Richard Raffan turns a baronial eggcup @RichardRaffanwoodturning | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 20 minutes ago.
The blank for this over-the-top eggcup had a few splits that needed to go, but fortunately didn’t dictate or compromise the design. As a novice turner in 1970 I sold sevral dozen of these eggcups.

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