Two English Gilt and Painted Leather Fire Buckets
Two English Gilt and Painted Leather Fire Buckets
19th century, each with painted and gilt royal coat of arms Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Shame be to him who thinks ill of it) and lower scrolled border Dieu Et Mon Droit (God and my right), the smaller a in conical form, with copper upper rim border and round copper border mounts. (10 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.); the larger in cylindrical form with leather double handles. (24 x 12 x 12 in.).
Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Condition Report: Both with all over cracking, some areas of loss and staining; smaller missing handle.
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Two English Gilt and Painted Leather Fire Buckets
19th century, each with painted and gilt royal coat of arms Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Shame be to him who thinks ill of it) and lower scrolled border Dieu Et Mon Droit (God and my right), the smaller a in conical form, with copper upper rim border and round copper border mounts. (10 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.); the larger in cylindrical form with leather double handles. (24 x 12 x 12 in.).
Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
Condition Report: Both with all over cracking, some areas of loss and staining; smaller missing handle.
