Pine, original red painted finish, shaped hardwood swing handle reinforced at the ends with shaped tin plate wraps, symmetricallly tacked, reinforced metal wraps over ends of back handle, original hardwood pins to secure handle, 12 finely tapered staves downward to the turned and fitted bottom, three original steel bands with shaped ends, stenciled “G” in black ink between the first and second bands on the side, Enfield or Canterbury, NH, c. 1840, signed on bottom in ink “Picked by A E…Cob, Onion, Beauty”, 19 1/2″ h (at rim), 13″ dia (at rim).
Estimate: $1,500-2,500