Lot 111: Lidded Pail

Pine, original ministry blue painted finish, (exceptional condition), wire bail handle with turned birch grip with red varnish stain, oval double riveted bail plates, circular lid with raised central section, metal rim double riveted with half circle ends, two metal hoops clasped in the same style, (tight as a drum), turned base dated in black script “1855”, tag under lid “This pail belonged to Aunt Lucy Andrews – I knew it in the 1885 year”, also signed in pencil inside “This pail was a wedding gift to Lucy Welch Andrews in the year 1885″, (sold WHA, 8-2-87, lot 27, and also 6-28-03, lot 27), certainly one of the finest pails in very fine condition, 7 1/2″ h (to rim), 9 1/2” dia (at top). 

$1,500-2,500