VERY RARE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AME RI CAN ANTIQUE HAND DECORATE D L E A THER FIRE BUCKET with O RIGIN AL L E ATHER COIL HANDLE & BRA S S R I NG S, f e a t u r i n g HAND PAINTED GOL D GILT # 2 on F R ONT SIDEWALL & HEAVY COR D T HREADED STITCHING in D RY, M A TTE FINISH. & 100% ABSOL UTELY UNTOUCH E D , ESTATE FRESH CONDITION. Leather handle is broken off on one side at the leather loop, holding the brass ring to the fire bucket’s body. There is no repair. Early 19th century Ame ri can folk art antique New England primitive hand decorated, stitched leather, handled fire buckets. 19″ full Height including handle standing up x 12″ Height (without handle) x 7 12″ Width x 4 34″ base Width. For your review and consideration is this very rare and absolutely fantastic, recently discovered early 19th century Ame ri can folk art New England primitive sewn leather fire bucket, featuring hand painted, decorated front sidewall, with a hand painted #2 numeric font in gold gilt enamel paint. The fire bucket also feats a nearly intact leather wrapped carrying handle, with both of its original brass ring side clasps, with one leather hoop having broken away and previously snapped long ago. The dry, matte painted surfaces featuring 100%, absolutely original, first generation enamel paint. The #2 numeric font is wonderfully realized in gold gilt enamel paint and shadowed with both red and green hand painted line. The #2’s surrounded by a vertical oval gold gilt, green and red enveloping circle. The upper and lower margins of the leather fire bucket also have tri-color, hand painted bands, which circumnavigate the vessel’s body. With only minimal to moderate paint loss, this very rare and now exceedingly difficult to find late 18th to early 19th century Ame ri can fire bucket’s 100% untouched. A wonderful early 19th century Ame ri can folk art New England primitive firefighting artifact and now over 200 year-old Ame ri can cultural relic. These certainly aren’t floating out of the sky like ice cream sundaes with parachutes, that’s for damn sure. Good to Very Good overall antique condition. The item “RARE EARLY 19TH C AMERICAN ANTIQUE HND DEC LEATHER FIRE BUCKET, WithGOLD GILT # 2″ is in sale since Monday, October 18, 2021. This item is in the category “Antiques\Primitives”. The seller is “modsanctuary” and is located in Milford, New Hampshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Region of Origin: US-Northeast
- Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
- Style: Naive, Primitive, Americana
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Maker: Unknown New England maker
- Material: Leather, enamel paint, brass rings
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Date of Creation: 1800-1899
- Handle held to body by 2 brass rings: Dry, matte finish
- Americana: Folk art
- Hard leather shell: No rips, pushes, deformities or deep abrasions
- Leather handle broken off on 1 side: No repairs (old or new)
- Type: Antique leather fire bucket
- 100%, absolutely orig painted surfaces: 1st generation painted front sidewalls & margins
- Hand painted #2 in gold gilt font: Hand painted gold, green & red line
- Very rare: Exceedingly difficult to find
- Category: Antiques
- Color: Brown, gold gilt, red & green
- Firefighting: Firefighting accessories
- Untouched: Unadulterated & undisturbed
- Authentic: Original
- 100% original antique condition: Untouched & undisturbed
- Found in Massachusetts: New England
- Estate fresh: Original painted surfaces
- Heavy stitched leather: Leather wrapped coil handle
- American: Antique
- Leather stitching intact: Leather plank floor intact
- Signed: Unsigned
