Pedestal Fruit Bowl, Burkart Brothers, Yankee Peddler Tinware, Hand Painted Strawberries, Metal, USA, 1950s–60s serving-fork Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy

Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy

New York and became one of America's most recognized tableware manufacturers

or a fall gathering — the acorn finial on the lid adds a subtle seasonal touch to an otherwise elegant

dated May 1978

Pedestal Fruit Bowl, Burkart Brothers, Yankee Peddler Tinware, Hand Painted Strawberries, Metal, USA, 1950s–60s serving-fork Presidents Roosevelt and KennedyHand painted strawberries, signed by the artist "Roy" on a pedestal tin bowl that traces its lineage all the way back to the itinerant Yankee Peddlers of the 1800s who traveled rural America selling tinware door to door. Burkart Brothers of Verplanck, New York, a family of metal craftsmen going back to 1848, produced this piece as part of their Yankee Peddler Tinware Line (#6309) a reproduction of that early American folk tradition, made with genuine