Antique English Metal and Brass Coal Scuttle with Bone Handle Shovel

19th century, England, a lovely quality and highly decorative Victorian coal scuttle made in brass sheet metal with an interior metal lining. The exterior is decorated in relief with putti, flowers, and cartouches, on paw feet. The movable handle is studded. A coal scuttle, sometimes spelled coalscuttle and also called a hod, "coal bucket", or "coal pail", is a bucket-like container for holding a small, intermediate supply of coal convenient to an indoor coal-fired stove...

Early 20th c., England, a hammered and repousse decorated copper sheet metal over wood box, the hinged slated lid decorated with in Arts & Crafts style. A wonderful Liberty & Co. A...

Late 18th/ Early 19th c., English George III carved mahogany corner chair with each side with pierced splats below a curved chair rail, the drop in seat above a X form stretcher join...

A vintage two-handled Edwardian style ironstone pottery milk pail printed with the words 'Pure Milk' in navy above a transferware graphic of a bucolic English scene. It has a banded ...

Late 19th c. , black and gold painted English tea canister with Chinoiserie decoration, mounted as 3-light table lamp with tall brass finial. This l...

Late 19th/Early 20th c., large Japanese Meiji bronze floor urn. The principal decoration on both sides of the vase is rendered in beautiful and strong relief. One side depicts birds, possibly skylarks, in flight and on flowering cherry blossom branches. The opposite side depicts herons wading and alighting on a flowering tree. the upper and lower portions of urn are decorated with repeating arched lozenges detailed with scrolls and flora. The urn is adorned with foo dog handles, unmarked. This is an impressive and beautiful bronze urn. In bronze-working, Meiji period craftsmen were newly empowered to attempt distinctive, innovative, and complex pieces. Makers were influenced less by the West than by China, which had had a relationship with Japan stretching back thousands of years, far further than Japan’s recent association with Western powers. Artistry in bronze-work reached new heights in the Meiji period, as a number of metalworking schools developed, creating intricate pieces including vases, sculptures...

Antique English Brass Coal Scuttle With Shovel, Circa 1875-1885.

Quality antique Victorian copper coal scuttle and shovel having a lovely shaped scuttle raised on a circular base, with a swing handle to...

An English brass coal scuttle fireplace pot bucket, circa early to mid-20th century, England. Marked 'England' on underside as shown in last image. Bucket pot has flexible top handle...

Brass Helmet coal scuttle This bucket is a very attractive helmet shape, it is made in beaten Brass with riveted hooped brass handles The Scuttle is ...

Brass helmet coal scuttle This bucket is a very attractive helmet shape, it is in age darkened Brass with riveted hooped brass handles, both back and ...

This is an antique helmet scuttle. An English, brass coal bucket or fireside bin, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Attractive helmet...