hi, does anyone have any info on malcolm bunker from lexington massachusetts. I have just acquired a hammered copper bowl and have learned he work is from early 20th century. it it stamped on the bottom hand made malcolm bunker lexingington. mass. Pictures are available
thanks mary ann

Hi mary ann and welcome to the forum,

I have not seen any documentation on Malcolm Bunker if Lexington and I have seen a few of his pieces on eBay. I recently lost a bid for a small bowl of his that was reminiscent of the bowl that were produced in Boston at the Handicraft Shop. It is possible that he studied with one of the craftsmen or women at the Shop or was influenced by the work he saw from there.

Bunker's work seems to be of top notch quality and execution.

By all means show us pictures. We love pictures here.

Hi Maryann --

I have an aluminum trivet that I am very fond of that was also made by Malcolm Bunker (same backstamp it sounds like).

I haven't been able to find much, but did locate a Malcolm Bunker born in Waltham, MA who lived in Middlesex County. His WWI draft registration says he was a tool maker and his WWII draft registration says that he worked at Waltham Machine Works.

This Malcolm Bunker was born in 1890 and died in 1977. In the 1910 census for Waltham he appears with his parents, Charles & Elizabeth Bunker and older brother William who is a watch maker. In the 1900 census, it appears that Charles himself worked as a watch maker.

All of which proves nothing, but since there aren't any other Malcolm Bunkers in Middlesex County, it at least is a place to start. Maybe he was like Fred, doing beautiful stuff because he liked it?

My 2 cents.

Rikki

Hi Rikki and thank you!!!
Here are 2 pictures of the malcolm Bunker copper bowl. I also found a auction for a bowl at skinnerinc.com and here is the post from there. what do you think?

here is the skinner auction

here is the bowl
thanks again mary ann

Trivet marks. This is a later piece being aluminum rather than copper. I'd date it to the 1930s. Maybe Fred can explain the meaning of the 36.

Here's the trivet. It's not fancy, but I really like it. It's very sturdy.

Rikki,

I suspect the number is just an invertory # or model type. Does one of the dimensions equal 6" perhaps the 3 refered to a trivet and the 6 the dimension used. It would be great to find a copy of a contemporary catalogue of Malcolm Bunker's work. The numbers might be explained there.

I have a copper pitcher that is about 12" tall with the same image on the bottom. Does anyone know what time period it might have been made in? Are there collectors? I would be grateful for any information. Thank you. Trudy